A form of emotional suffering that arises from dwelling on the shadow memory of an idealized life with someone who was never yours the ache of recalling a lost future that existed only in outline, imagined yet unrealizable.
He knew this feeling well, the sharp pang of adumbral mnemalgia; nothing was worse than dwelling on the memory of an idealized life with someone who would never be his.
by MoribundMurdoch November 30, 2025
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