Comments on: Grief Management http://www.castallare.com/2009/06/grief-management/ haven't the slightest... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:49:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Castallare http://www.castallare.com/2009/06/grief-management/#comment-180 Castallare Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:40:15 +0000 http://www.castallare.com/?p=865#comment-180 It's really so hard for me to imagine you needing to go see a counselor for any reason. You've always seemed so confident and assured of yourself, you rarely seem to fail or even settle for mediocrity in these big things you've done with your life. It's really admirable, by the way, but still a little hard to feel like I compare at all... I hope that doesn't sound more self-loathing than it was meant to. I'm just saying that it's nice to know that someone so seemingly self-assured has similar emotional hurdles as me. It’s really so hard for me to imagine you needing to go see a counselor for any reason. You’ve always seemed so confident and assured of yourself, you rarely seem to fail or even settle for mediocrity in these big things you’ve done with your life. It’s really admirable, by the way, but still a little hard to feel like I compare at all… I hope that doesn’t sound more self-loathing than it was meant to.

I’m just saying that it’s nice to know that someone so seemingly self-assured has similar emotional hurdles as me.

]]> By: posephus http://www.castallare.com/2009/06/grief-management/#comment-178 posephus Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:54:08 +0000 http://www.castallare.com/?p=865#comment-178 The counselor dude I went to in Syracuse introduced me to the concept of allowing myself to "grieve" even though I wasn't experiencing a typical loss (death, calamity, etc.) as I transitioned up to grad school and sort of felt my way through things. He was right -- I had been through loss after loss (being really on my own for the first time I was without my community and support system, at least in the most direct sense). That was definitely a different way for me to think about things and I really appreciated that perspective. The counselor dude I went to in Syracuse introduced me to the concept of allowing myself to “grieve” even though I wasn’t experiencing a typical loss (death, calamity, etc.) as I transitioned up to grad school and sort of felt my way through things. He was right — I had been through loss after loss (being really on my own for the first time I was without my community and support system, at least in the most direct sense). That was definitely a different way for me to think about things and I really appreciated that perspective.

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