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“Tuga je sila energije koja se ne može kontrolirati niti predvidjeti”, razmišljala je Elizabeth Gilbert nakon gubitka ljubavi svog života. "Tuga se ne pokorava vašim planovima ili vašim željama. Tuga će vam učiniti što god poželi, kad god poželi. U tom pogledu, tuga ima mnogo toga zajedničkog s ljubavlju."

Poput ljubavi, tuga se širi cijelim unutarnjim svemirom koji boji cijeli vanjski svijet. Poput ljubavi — te ushićene sirovine za većinu pjesama, poema i slika koje je proizvela naša vrsta — tuga sama živi kroz tugovanje i ne može ne izgovoriti svoju istinu. Za razliku od ljubavi, naša kultura glas tuge susreće s primjesama nemira i poricanja. Želimo učiniti da tuga nestane, da ožalošćeno srce odmah izvuče iz njegove tuge. Često pogrešno smatramo osobnim neuspjehom našu nesposobnost da spasimo tuđu tugu ili njihovim neuspjehom griješimo nemogućnost da se iz toga izvučemo na vremenskoj liniji naših želja.

Umjetnost Jacqueline Chwast iz Sviđaš mi se Sandola Stoddarda — starinska serenada prijateljstvu.

Kad je psihoterapeutkinja Megan Devine — kreatorica izvrsnog izvora Refuge in Grief i autorica njegovog prijenosnog pandana,It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand ( javna knjižnica ) — gledala kako se njezin mladi, zdravi partner utapa, iznenadni i besmisleni gubitak suspendirao je njezin svijet. Dok je ono polako dobivalo pokretačku snagu života, odlučila je preusmjeriti svoje profesionalno iskustvo proučavanja emocionalne inteligencije i otpornosti prema boljem razumijevanju zbunjujućeg, sveprožimajućeg procesa tugovanja - procesa kojim se, kako je Abraham Lincoln napisao u svom iznimno pronicljivom pismu utjehe ožalošćenom prijatelju, agonija gubitka polako pretvara u "tužan slatki osjećaj u vašem srcu, čišće i svetije vrste nego što ste prije poznavali”; transmutacija u kojoj vješta podrška puna ljubavi može promijeniti svijet — podrška vrlo različita od one koju instinktivno zamišljamo da pomaže.

Umjetnost Valerija Vidalija iz Slona u sjeni Nadine Robert — suptilna meditacija o tome što je zapravo potrebno da razmodrimo svoju tugu.

Proučavajući kako se ljudi nose s intenzivnom tugom - gubitkom voljenih osoba zbog nasilnog zločina, samoubojstva, katastrofe, smrti dojenčadi i drugih iznenadnih katastrofalnih trauma - Devine je došao do zapanjujućeg uvida. Uvijek iznova primijetila je da naši najintuitivniji porivi da pomognemo onima čiju patnju čeznemo ublažiti - ohrabrujući ih, preusmjeravajući ih prema svjetionicima u njihovim životima usred tame - teže samo produbiti njihovu bespomoćnu tjeskobu i proširiti ponor između nas i njih. I tako se počela pitati što liječi ogromnu tugu koju susrećemo u svijetu i doživljavamo u vlastitim životima.

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Carter Aug 15, 2023
This brief skit on grief brings me back to one key aspect that always resonates with me: to listen; to listen to someone no matter what the circumstances are: someone hurt, mourning a loved one, indecisive, etc. We don't need to solve everyone's issues or problem: just listen.
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Elizabeth Landers Aug 14, 2023
This is hard for me to practice. My brain has been patterned to fix it. It takes awareness & energy to let it be, ro accompany the other in pain. Thanks for your study & this insight that you reframed for me.
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Jagannatha Das Aug 14, 2023
Acknowledging grief and pain as a way to ease them seems totally counter-intuitive. However, just like other emotion such as anger and frustration, denying grief and pain of loss usually do not get rid of them. On the contrary, feeling and emotions that were not allowed expression tend to grow and intensify even more. The body and the psyche seem to know what is essential for us at the moment of grief and pain of loss - a quiet time to be in and really allow the moment to work with us internally. The recollection of shared memories. The altered future expectations and dreams and aspirations. The contemplation of what could be in the afterlife. Reconsideration of our priorities and essentials. Eventually, acceptance of what we could no longer change. And the gratitude of what we‘ve shared and what we still have.
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Kristin Pedemonti Aug 13, 2023
Thank you for this reminder that it is definitely OK to not be OK. And for those supporting someone grieving to sit in the not ok with that person too. <3 As a Narrative Therapist, 1000% agree with honoring and acknowledging the many layers of grief and that it takes the time it takes. One aspect of Narrative Practices I particularly think is helpful is the idea of 're-membering' rather than 'moving on or forgetting.' Re-membering provides opportunities for the person grieving to speak about the person (or pet) that died and to choose how to keep them alive in their life rather than 'moving on' which US culture seems to push hard on people. An example of Re-membering is: a man keeps the photograph of his wife to whom he was married 50 years at her spot at their kitchen table and each morning he has coffee with her. This is beautiful and healthy. Many people are far too quick to say to someone grieving 'oh, you must move on.'
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Jagannatha Das Aug 14, 2023
Thanks for your insights. Re-membering instead of simply moving on. Not letting go; instead reinforcing the past connections and shared instances. Keep them „alive“ in our memories. Surely there will be some regrets, too. The acceptance of what is will come. Later. Much later. Moving on does not mean forgetting completely.
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Patrick Aug 13, 2023
The timeless, even eternal, truth of the wounded healer, exemplified especially in the one called Jesus of Nazareth, incarnate Christ of Divine LOVE (God by any other name we humans choose).
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Kathleen Kler Aug 13, 2023
It is a challenge to our own heart to step into our sadness --which we need to do before we can sit quietly with another's. It is an acknowledgement that there is much outside our control; that this loss was not within our power to prevent or change, And feeling powerless drives us to try and fix, fill the hole with platitudes or bravado. Instead, the void waits for us to discover our strength to face the shadows.Walking with the darkness of loss and grief is the way, the only way to fully exist in this bittersweet world of both life and death.
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Vijay Deshmukh Aug 13, 2023
It's a good learning in life long.