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Originally Posted by starrysky
Understanding you are trying to help Golden Eve and Shazerac, but I personally think that to tell someone they should not feel a certain way because of the amt. of time that has passed, is not helpful. It's invalidating. Or saying that the fact that someone was such a jerk, means not to give our attention to it. There are people here with anxiety, depression, and trauma, and it's hard to get certain stuff out of one's mind sometimes.
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I'm not seeing how Golden or I said anything about how she shouldn't feel how she's feeling. It's obvious Blue is in pain.
Blue said she wants to know how to stop feeling the feelings. SHE ASKED THE QUESTION. "How can I stop?" No one told her to not feel bad. That's ridiculous and that would be invalidating.
A suggestion that she explore why she has these feelings is a valid suggestion. Anyone who has any kind of painful feelings can benefit from trying to figure out why. If not....why go to therapy? Why go to a psychiatrist? It all falls apart.
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