A therapist friend said to me today that—to a first approximation—all mental/emotional health is about learning to mourn.
I'm going to be thinking about that for a long time.
Andy Crouchx.comA therapist friend said to me today that—to a first approximation—all mental/emotional health is about learning to mourn. I'm going to be thinking about that for a long time.
Grief is not an illness to cure or a disease to overcome. Mourning is an inherent aspect of wellness, as long as mortality defines our existence.
Amy Wright Glenn • Holding Space: On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go
Grief isn’t productive but it takes a lot of stamina.
What goes together hand in hand.
“On funerals, loss, grief, friendship, and support:
It's not about knowing what to say. It's about being there when nobody knows what to say. The only thing people need to hear is, "You are not alone." And that doesn't require words. It just requires your presence."
Grief is not a defeat or a bad thing. It’s a reaction to one.
you can put it in a quieter room of your mind, shut the door, maybe even forget the layout for a while. but then a smell, a song, a sentence & there it is again. intact & cruelly familiar.
dudes are rarely taught how to grieve properly, so they transmute this feeling. into ambition. into silence. into being hard to... See more
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