A person can grieve for a relationship that never happened. This grief is for an ideal, not a real person. Accepting this loss helps the person move forward.
By Pawan Nayar · from the LLOS AI Learning record
A person can grieve for a relationship that never happened.
This grief is for an ideal, not a real person. Accepting this loss helps the person move forward.
A person can feel sad about the parent they wanted. This is different from being sad about the parent they have. The sadness is for an ideal parent, not the real one. This helps the person accept what cannot change. It stops the cycle of hoping for a different parent. It also stops the disappointment when the parent does not change.
A student feels angry that a parent is not supportive. The student realizes this anger comes from sadness. The sadness is for the supportive parent the student wished for. This helps the student accept the parent as they are. The student stops trying to change the parent.
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A person can grieve for a relationship that never happened. This grief is for an ideal, not a real person. Accepting this loss helps the person move forward.