My Friend In Love Experienced Sadness.

In response to Dep prompt 40 of 52

My college friend was so sad. I could not see her emotions like this. I asked her what was wrong. She said she was in love.

Love is such a wonderful emotion. When I think of love I feel the joy. It brings happiness and a sense of belonging.

My friend experienced moments of sadness.

Love is a journey filled with both highs and lows and embracing its complexities can lead to a deeper appreciation of its transformative power in our lives.

My friend was sad because she and her husband were riding on a motorcycle and had an accident. She was thrown far away and somehow the helmet fell on the way. She was hurt badly.

She had married a young man who was a year senior to us. They had been the talk of the college as love birds

Her husband was now in a coma. He was hurt in the head and had many fractures. There were low chances of survival.

She said that being in love involved a strong emotional connection with her husband. As a result, she experienced extreme sadness that her loved one was going through difficult times.

Empathy for her husband being in a coma and a desire to help evoked sadness as they shared their pain with each other.

She herself was in a trauma and could not see her husband. She could barely talk to me. Her eyes were red and puffy and the hospital nurses asked her to be calm and shared her trauma with her.

Love often requires sacrifices and compromises in various aspects of life. She did not want to lose him at any cost. Her own head was wrapped with bandages and she was in so much pain that she lost control. They gave her an injection to sleep.

I had no choice but to leave.

Love can trigger past traumas and insecurities within people. She had a history of heartbreak or betrayal and being in love again was accompanied by fear and sadness. She was reliving those painful experiences. She suffered from insecurities about self-worth or the fear of not being enough for her husband that also contributed to her feelings of sadness.

When I went to see her again, she was in a better frame of mind. Her husband was out of a coma and she was keen to see him. He was in an intensive care unit and so was she but they were in different wings of the hospital.

Their request of being shifted together was turned down. The reason given was that they required different kinds of care.

Soon she found out that she had multiple fractures in her left leg and her husband had lost his full arm. The hospital staff had brought the arm that had fallen and was detached from the body at the accident site but it was crushed and dead and could not be reunited with the body.

An artificial arm had to be fitted in once he was better. He also had multiple fractures in his legs and was unable to sit up.

The story did not end here. The next time when I met her she told me that the doctor had told her that she was pregnant and needed rest. She was also asked to smile and be happy.

The couple were very keen on a child and for the past three years had been trying to have one. Now unexpectantly it was there but they did not want it. She was sure that the child would have some defect and she was very sad. The doctors feared that she would be in deep depression. They wanted her to be happy.

My friend’s parents came and stayed in her home for six months and without fail went to the hospital to see her. At times I would meet them and some other friends too.

Then somehow, I got busy with work and family issues and my visits became less. One day I received a call that she had delivered a baby boy. Her husband was fitted with a new arm and had started walking with crutches.

Fortunately, both their employers were empathetic and promised to give them their jobs back as soon as they were ready to join.

I am happy to report that the child was normal. He had no problems. The couple struggled with their emotions. Life is long.

With undue sadness, I found that they had separated as she felt he no longer had the emotions of love or sorrow toward her. He had drifted into a shell and had a cocoon over himself. He stopped meeting people.

They shared the child and he grew up both in his mom’s home and dad’s home.

The man was in a shell but was happy and delighted when the child came. I was extremely sad to see their condition.

They were incomplete without each other but also incomplete with each other.

She limped and so did he but each of them was on their own trip. They were suffering from mental health issues.

One day he invited her for a cup of coffee at their favorite place. He wanted to say sorry that their lives had been spoiled. He waited for her there to meet him and come and pick up the kid but she never made it. she died in her sleep.

They were both in love with each other and now it was unrequited as she had gone without a goodbye.

Love is a great emotion but sometimes it is very sad. The journey of life is long and there are so many curves.

I also feel very sad and emotional. Love does not always bring happiness. The man was left with the kid. Hopefully, he would take his father toward positivity and joy and draw him out of depression.

They thought that they were a perfect match for each other. They loved each other a lot. The young man was a perfect gentleman but somehow they could not find the love that they looked for.

This has brought a lot of sadness to me. Love should be joyful but my friend was sad.

In response to Dr. Gabriella Korosi’s response 40 of 52

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