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Originally Posted by shezbut
I recently found out that a colleague/"pal" at work lost her brother.
He "had it all". A loving family. A paid-off home, cars, boats, and property. He had recently retired from work & was anxious to walk my pal down the aisle to get married.
My pal is understandably upset. She is stooped as to why in the world he would have done such a thing. That's when I became quiet.
I know that it's not pretty. So, I never tell anyone about these repetitive thoughts and feelings of mine. They're nothing to be proud of, I know that much.  But, I wish so badly that I could go.
What do you think? Is this a personality trait? Is it something to be concerned about or is it relatively common? |
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Shezbut: Let's just say that emotions/feelings are guided by a logic (stimulus/response, rather than syllogism) all their own, and that some of our reactions (Possible Trigger) when persons we know die by their own hand (End possible trigger) only make sense according to the logic that guides emotions/feelings. That doesn't mean we should act on them, by any means. Even if it is envy for the deceased, however, envy is envy is envy.
Right now, I suspect you could use one of these:
As for me, I have a problem here: Could someone teach me how to ensure that potentially triggering content is actually hidden in a post? I've marked the relevant text, but how do I
use the features of this forum software to hide the potential trigger? If a moderator or some other expert could give me an explanation (say, in a pm), I would happily act accordingly.