When voting on Tuesday, I was the 23rd voter of the very last hour.
Things are different. Sheena said that we don't go in circles, we go in spirals because each time we complete a cycle, we know more about it therefore we cannot end up in the exact same spot. Unless you're amnesic...
So I'm not sad this time around. I'm angry. I still feel fragile but only when I'm in an emotionally charged argument. Like I'm fragile when I'm very angry. Could the anger be to protect that soft spot? The sadness back then was...
Re: 23 currentaethyrfluxNovember 10 2006, 00:33:42 UTC
i can still see the traditional five stages that are quite apparent in our lives when we experience catastrophic loss ...& often even if it is some lesser grieving... but i really like that TEAR acronym... it's really quite progressive:
T = To accept the reality of the loss E = Experience the pain of the loss A = Adjust to the new environment without the lost object R = Reinvest in the new reality
Things are different. Sheena said that we don't go in circles, we go in spirals because each time we complete a cycle, we know more about it therefore we cannot end up in the exact same spot. Unless you're amnesic...
So I'm not sad this time around. I'm angry. I still feel fragile but only when I'm in an emotionally charged argument. Like I'm fragile when I'm very angry. Could the anger be to protect that soft spot? The sadness back then was...
This seems realted somehow: http://www.counselingforloss.com/article8.htm
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T = To accept the reality of the loss
E = Experience the pain of the loss
A = Adjust to the new environment without the lost object
R = Reinvest in the new reality
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