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Re:The Strangeness of Grief by dundercoder on Saturday January 04, 2020 @02:52AM (#21953563)
It has taken me a long time to internalize that grief is not a “bad” feeling, but rather just an uncomfortable one. Until I was fully willing to experience it, instead of avoid or ignore it, I was completely unable to move on. Grief is indeed strange.
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Re:The Strangeness of Grief by Fnoord on Saturday January 04, 2020 @04:58AM (#21953975)
Can't we argue this is true for all "bad" feelings? If they were utterly useless, why would they still exist? They have a function.

Love and grief is basically akin to "what goes up must go down". No high without the low, like the rollercoaster life is.

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