Normal and bad/negative aren’t mutually exclusive.
Feeling sad initially isn’t like anything to feel shameful for. I’m just saying a good way to cope with that sad feeling, which I consider negative because sadness feels bad thus impacts my emotional state in a negative way, is to recontextualize our framing of the events into one we can feel differently about
Yes, he is gone and that is a sad thing, losing someone cherished always will hurt, but he is also now at peace and won’t suffer the horrors of onsetting Alzheimer’s and dementia and in that thought I can assuage my sadness into acceptance.
Emotionally it’s completely reasonable, but emotions are often irrational. Of course it’s reasonable to be upset that a man most of us grew up with is gone. However, the alternative is horrible - it would hurt me far more to see him waste away from Lewy Body.
I’m sad he’s no longer here, but I’m glad he isn’t suffering anymore.
I don’t perceive being sad because someone is gone negative, but rather a totally normal way to feel.
Normal and bad/negative aren’t mutually exclusive.
Feeling sad initially isn’t like anything to feel shameful for. I’m just saying a good way to cope with that sad feeling, which I consider negative because sadness feels bad thus impacts my emotional state in a negative way, is to recontextualize our framing of the events into one we can feel differently about
Yes, he is gone and that is a sad thing, losing someone cherished always will hurt, but he is also now at peace and won’t suffer the horrors of onsetting Alzheimer’s and dementia and in that thought I can assuage my sadness into acceptance.
Emotionally it’s completely reasonable, but emotions are often irrational. Of course it’s reasonable to be upset that a man most of us grew up with is gone. However, the alternative is horrible - it would hurt me far more to see him waste away from Lewy Body.
I’m sad he’s no longer here, but I’m glad he isn’t suffering anymore.