It no longer makes me cry and die and tear myself to see her go because everything goes away from me like that now - girls, visions, anything, just in the same way and forever and I accept lostness forever.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker has become numb to loss because everything in life feels transient and temporary.
- In plain terms
- Loss hurts less now because nothing feels permanent anymore.
- What can you take from it?
- Accepting impermanence can reduce the pain of individual losses.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How has your relationship with loss changed over time?
- Is accepting loss forever a form of resilience or defeat?
Another view
Numbness to loss may also prevent healthy emotional processing.
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