that heals grief.
the dulling of memories,other thing coming into your life,acceptance...
2007-02-15 02:37:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I personally think that the passing of time heals grief in the sense that you have time to get over the initial shock of the event that caused you grief, you have time to be consoled, you have time to see things from all aspects as related to the situation and so on...time to reflect if you will.
Maybe not so much the dulling of memories because I have lost ones close to me and my memories of them are still very vibrant and now, much later, they bring me joy in remembering them as opposed to the initial sorrow and sadness I felt.
In the case of a losing a loved one I find that association with others who were close to that person help in the grieving period.
So maybe in that sense the passing of time can heal the feeling of grief. I'm no psychologist, but this is just from my personal experience.
2007-02-15 02:51:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's been said that "truth is the child of time", so true. Time gives us a chance to mow over things, to recall, redundantly a lot of times our misfortunes as well as our blessings. The truly cool thing about time is that with misfortunes, when we theorize woulda, coulda shouldas', long enough, we get a clearer sense of reality about the situation. And get a little tired of thinking about the same old crummy things over and over. We basically change our perceptions. Good stuff is forever, for those of us that have learned appreciation, that is. Pretty awesome to think back over the years and can't help but smile on some of the things we've done achieved and experienced. Time is the truth-seer.
2007-02-15 03:00:59 · answer #2 · answered by lawolifer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Someones laugh, a kind act or a provoking thought. The tenacity of life shows us that we must go on. Our inner survival eventually regains strength and kicks in. Though it never really goes away. We just file the feelings and thoughts deeper into the experience folder of our brain.
If this is happening to you..Look for the rays of light and good luck to you my friend.
2007-02-15 03:23:58 · answer #3 · answered by Hi'Lo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that time offers the chance to go through the grieving process and work out all your feelings. Maybe teaching us how to deal with loss and therefore helping us gain a sense of acceptance.
2007-02-15 02:48:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best explanation I have heard for time is the following.
Time moves slowly at work because we do not want to be there so one minute feels like an hour, but in the arms off your lover a hour can seem like a minute, it is all relative.
2007-02-15 03:26:37 · answer #5 · answered by Loader2000 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It`s getting used to them not being around any more ever and replacing that with memories.
2007-02-15 20:43:37 · answer #6 · answered by theresa_rawson 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋