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The betrayed spouse often never knows the extent of the affair. Your husband may be suffering from a complicated grief reaction. <P>"Disenfranchised Grief" by Kenneth Doka describes this form of grief. It occurs when<BR>1. The relationship is not recognized<BR>2. The loss is not recognized<BR>3. The griever is not recognized <P>The death of an affair partner may not be openly acknowledged or mourned. The loss and the grief are hiddened from others. This increases the grief reaction. Or grief is delayed only to be triggered by other losses.<BR>The grief may become chronic and never resolved.<P>Your husband may not be suffering from disenfranchised grief, but I wanted you to know it.<P>
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