For the record, the letter to Carolyn Hax that inspired this ran under the headline: “When there’s so much loss you can’t feel your grief (or much else) anymore”
Both parents gone within about 18 months of each other, starting in mid-to-late 2018, and now a favorite uncle … “this week” as of when she wrote the letter. She worries that her sadness at this latest loss feels more “intellectual” than like a real emotion.
“For what it’s worth, nobody can tell that I feel dead inside. I talk, I laugh, I work, I sing and dance with the kids, I make jokes, but deep down I’m untouched by it all. I know I’m utterly and completely burned out. Could that be it? Is this grief and trauma, and I just need to trust that my inner self will return?”
I think this counts among the most heartbreaking letters Carolyn ever dealt with.
pcolli almost 3 years ago
The screamer & the moaner….
lagoulou almost 3 years ago
Moaner Lisa…
lopaka almost 3 years ago
It is so hard to keep a smile on your face these days. She needs to scream a bit.
DHBirr almost 3 years ago
For the record, the letter to Carolyn Hax that inspired this ran under the headline: “When there’s so much loss you can’t feel your grief (or much else) anymore”
Both parents gone within about 18 months of each other, starting in mid-to-late 2018, and now a favorite uncle … “this week” as of when she wrote the letter. She worries that her sadness at this latest loss feels more “intellectual” than like a real emotion.
“For what it’s worth, nobody can tell that I feel dead inside. I talk, I laugh, I work, I sing and dance with the kids, I make jokes, but deep down I’m untouched by it all. I know I’m utterly and completely burned out. Could that be it? Is this grief and trauma, and I just need to trust that my inner self will return?”
I think this counts among the most heartbreaking letters Carolyn ever dealt with.
gopher gofer almost 3 years ago
he’s a real scream…