It would seem to me
The answer to that
Depends completely
On who breaks your heart
An old lover
One gets over
The death of a partner
One eventually recovers
Th loss of friends
After a diagnosis of dementia
I’m not so sure…
The death of a child
For many, never
But the broken heart
Caused by the destruction and hatred
Within ones own family
As much as I’d like to say yes
You will get over it
I suspect the real answer is
No, not ever.
All too common Kate – don’t get me started on my wife’s family (and she will agree!). Fortunately my side is small and relatively sane. Something to accept and not tolerate as someone once told me.
I love that line… accept, but do not tolerate! I’ve done the former for a long time, s the latter tactic is me from now on! Cheers
Kate, Veda and I both had dysfunctional families, in different ways. We’ve each moved on, followed our dreams long ago. Our families now are peripheral and the chief neurotics, our mothers, have died, so in that sense we’re free.
But sure, there’s bagage that rears its head now n’then. Just gotta do the work, eh? Sometimes we see old wounds resurface in our “stress” reactions.
Life’s too bloody short to remain weighed down by the past. xx
you are right about life being too short to worry about the past… onwards and upwards xox
For many coming from not so nice homes, family ties break us inside and that kind of break has no healing for it plays a huge role in how we grow up, how we think, how we view the world. If that is all warped, it is next to impossible to heal for we grow up thinking the world and ourselves are something we are not….. Love and hugs…VK ❤
Based on the number of private responses I’ve had, it seems, there are more dysfunctional families than not… love and hugs to you VK xx