Polly:
I can see how it wouldn’t mean much to the people over on CDH. The way their lives work, they go “away”, but they always come back. There is nothing to really grieve about. Vastly different story over here where the path is usually unidirectional.
Grieving is about recognizing and confronting loss. I think it becomes a real problem if one cannot constructively move on as it is a difficult place to be. It is necessary to continue to confront that loss and over time the pain of it begins to subside. However, from my experience exclusive of transition, the pain never completely goes away. Maybe that is a good thing as perhaps it helps keep the memories close…
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