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Family dinners are unpredictable.
Recently, a Reddit userventedon the platform about a particularly hurtful exchange with her mother-in-law.
It was advice commonly given and found in many counseling approaches, where the time heals mantra is repeated.
So, what creates grief associated with a change in identity?
What ties the loss so intensely to us that we are immobilized when we think about its absence?
The loss of the emotion it generated.
Simply put, the greater the attachment, the greater the wound.
This is normal, and denying these reactions does not invite peace.
People often work through grief and trauma by telling their stories over and over again.
Unless you are asked for your advice, dont be quick to offer it.
Pretty much everyone who read her story said the daughter-in-law did nothing wrong
