Kirby, a trauma and attachment specialist, is the man behind the YouTube channel Two Mind Method. He has a really good video: "Grieving the Life You Didn't Get". Grief isn't always about losing loved ones -- sometimes it's realizing that we're not going to live the life that we had originally envisioned for ourselves.
Some of the major points made in the video:
- life is not fair - Lady Luck is oftentimes not on our side.
- so many of us have trouble finding the right romantic partner/job/financial security.
- thinking our life would be so much better if we could only have that one thing/group of things.
- sometimes the reward we get is nowhere proportionate to the effort we put in.
- a lot of times for good things to happen, we need to be in the right place at the right time in the right circumstances.
As I say every time I link to a video: the whole thing is worth watching. And even though the YouTube comments section can sometimes be horribly toxic, reading some of the comments for this video has been humbling for me -- whenever I feel bad about my life, I realize there are many other people who are dealing with some pretty huge challenges.
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