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This may be slightly off topic, but it really resonated with me how you expanded on the definition of grief. I think a lot of people associate it mostly or sole
by matt89 5y ago
This may be slightly off topic, but it really resonated with me how you expanded on the definition of grief. I think a lot of people associate it mostly or solely with death.
But grief, I think, is a very useful concept that can be very helpful in making sense of our emotions in hard moments in life.
I was told this by a therapist when I was feeling shitty after my girlfriend broke up with me, and it was quite enlightening to get this new perspective.
I think grief can be basically felt as the result of any loss. Be it loss of a loved one, breakup (loss) of a relationship, loss of your job, loss of a piece of your life.
- rnoorda 5y agoI'm not sure if I can completely describe this, but I have many times felt some level of grief at the loss of a what-if, a potential future. I make a choice (or someone else makes a choice) and some small part of my future feels closed off. It's a relatively small grief and doesn't compare to losing a loved one or a relationship, or even a job, but I don't feel I have a clear way to address it.
- novosel 5y agoI have found that feeling described best in the Either/Or of Kierkegaard. The chapter called The Unhappiest Man. Putting aside the dramatic overtone of the piece, the temporal logic, or rather dialectical swoon of the one that is living in the future/pas(t)ivity is very poignant to me. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Either/Or#The_Unhappiest_Man https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Either/Or#The_Unhappiest_Man