Posted by SLS on April 24, 2009, at 17:06:57
In reply to Re: Feeling melancholy » SLS, posted by Dinah on April 24, 2009, at 16:25:04
Hi Dinah.
> White whale? Did you have anything in particular in mind?
Yes. I thought that perhaps your notion of finally "earning" being liked by your therapist was some sort of fulfilled desire of yours, and that having obtained it, you find that it was quite anticlimactic and not of profound significance. If it doesn't apply here, I guess the metaphor can be of use in other aspects of your life where you have chased something that never needed chasing. In general, I think it can be melancholy to realize how much time and effort was put into something that really didn't deserve being such an obsession. Lost years.
It is not important to me that any of my ideas be right. It is important to me that you find solace in understanding, no matter where such understanding comes from.
You are so loved here.
- Scott
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