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jcrayonbox · 2 years

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Long Term Grief

Grief is a funny thing. It affects both short and long-term aspects of your life.

I am nearly two years out from a traumatic family death and I can only watch comedic content. I have tried multiple times to watch drama or history and it just feels like too much.

At the same time, I have watched my comedic shows too many times and I do not want to watch them anymore.

So I’m left with hours spent on YouTube watching clips of shows I’ve already seen- or better yet, compilation videos put to music.

What does this have to do with grief? I have enough sadness that I cannot process anything hard. I need to keep things light. I do not know how long it will last, but I’m going to keep honoring my instincts.

And I re-watch The Good Place for approximately the 20th time.

How has grief impacted your life long-term?

#grief #LongTermGrief #HonorMyInstincts

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longtermgrief · 6 years

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longtermgrief post 32: death of a pet

““It’s just a dog,” It’s just a cat”—Wrong!

Have you ever heard that phrase. Some people just don’t understand— and say very insensitive and hurtful things on the death of a pet, or grief over a pet, But often pets are considered to be a member of the family and a person may be devastated when their pet dies.

And furthermore, a pet is not an “it,” but a “he” or a “she.”

To be continued....

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