There is a distinction between missing someone and missing the role they played in your life.
I think I realized this at a crucial time in my life. Senior year in college and I feel like everything is moving and shifting including myself. I’ve moved on from some people (and things), added some new ones in my life, and had some things move closer or further. All of this shifting causes some empty spaces (at least temporarily) and what I’ve discovered, even though I’m not completely sure how it was I discovered it, is that I quite often confuse empty space sadness with missing what actually filled that empty space.
I think the only way to fix any of that (if it bothers you enough to even want to fix it) is to know what exactly you are missing.
