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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I saw a meme that kinda explained it, as applied to grief. There's a diagram of a circle representing grief, and the misconception is that the grief circle shrinks. But it never does. The grief remains the same size. What actually happens is that other circles representing good stuff grow around it, and help you deal with it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

The trick is getting good stuff to actually happen...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah. Psychology is not a hard science though and it’s different strokes for different folks.