There is surviving or there is thriving. There is keeping busy or there is experiencing your life.
There is post-traumatic stress or there is post-traumatic growth.
There is getting bitter or there is getting better.
Counseling/psychology articles written by Elizabeth Kupferman, a professional counselor in Southlake, Texas dedicated to helping women overcome depression, grief, and anxiety so they can find happiness and achieve their dreams.
That resonates doesn't it? Yet, we've been told to move on and to get over it and worst of all "get closure" (as if that was a thing). We've been fed lies. And in our vulnerable and hurt state, believed them. But, I'm going to tell you the truth. You Will Never Get Over It. The reason this resonates with you is because truth resonates.
Now, let me tell you why you will never get over it. It’s because you are not a computer with a freaking delete key, that's why. But, let's take it deeper than that, how can you ever get over having a mother or father? How can you move on from having a child or a spouse or a brother or sister? You can’t. It doesn’t even make any sense. Our relationships make us who we are and when they die, they don’t take that part of us with them (Hedke & Winslade, 2004).
Elizabeth Kupferman is an independent professional counselor in Southlake, Texas dedicated to helping women overcome depression, grief and anxiety so they can find happiness and achieve their dreams. She regularly writes and presents on a wide variety of issues such as depression, anxiety, loneliness and grief.