The Reason We Keep Telling the Same Stories of Love and Loss

This isn’t ruinous rumination but mesmerizing and meaningful.

This isn’t ruinous rumination but mesmerizing and meaningful.

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I loved him. I lost him. I think I’ve told the story a thousand different ways from a hundred different angles. It’s as though it plays on repeat in my head — although that’s not what’s happening at all. It’s the emotional experience that reverberates, and we t…