Tag: Grief
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So You’re Thinking About Starting Therapy…
So you’re thinking about starting therapy. Congratulations! You are essentially now Dorothy at the beginning of the yellow brick road. You have no idea where it will take you, but the chances seem good that you will be cultivating your courage, heart, and mind. Here are a few general things to keep in mind as…
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Proceed as if Normal
As we approach the two year anniversary of shelter-in-place, I simultaneously feel bewildered and unsurprised by the cluster**** that is society’s response to so much collective worldwide trauma. It will be years before we fully understand the psychological ramifications of the last two years, but it seems unlikely that capitalism’s not-so-gentle pushes to get us…
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Stanley
In my grandfather’s final days I witnessed many acts of unconditional love. My father, gently shaving my grandfather’s face as he lay in his hospital bed. My sister, wrapping her arms around me as I wept at the dinner table. My nana, holding my sister and I as we both wept after visiting our grandfather…
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Lowercase grief
When the big, existentially sad thing happened, capital letter emotions came with it. CONFUSION. SADNESS. ANGER. GRIEF. They stuck around for a while, sitting shiva with the heart. The world continued turning, and the limited number of capital letters moved on to fulfill other duties. One day little lowercase grief arrived to stay, quietly setting…
Eliza Dropkin Therapy 