Posted by Dr. Bob on December 14, 2006, at 2:05:35
In reply to Displaced Grief, posted by mixed_state on December 12, 2006, at 2:28:05
> in retrospect, I do think Squiggles was displacing his/her feelings over the loss, to the messenger of the information - Dr. Bob - an inclination I myself had. ... Somehow, through displacing my own feelings of mortality and the loss of this real person into the linguistic realm of my own therapy, I have been able to work through it to be able to move on and know that I must keep struggling.
Welcome, and thanks for sharing your experience. I'm glad you've been able to work though this.
Losses do evoke a variety of feelings. Some may be displaced onto me, but I wouldn't assume all feelings about me are displacements, either...
Bob
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