OFTEN, OFFERING HELP IS NOT PULLING SOMEONE OUT OF SUFFERING AND DESPAIR. HELP MAY SIMPLY BE WADING INTO THAT SAME SUFFERING AND DESPAIR SO THAT THAT SOMEONE IS NOT SO ALONE.
5 years ago
Charles Tadros,M.D.
April 29, 2021
Saint Louis, Missouri
SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO SHOW US HOW MUCH THEY ARE PAINED, SADDENED, OR DESPAIRED. TOO OFTEN THESE PEOPLE DON’T HAVE THE WORDS TO DESCRIBE, OR CAN’T EFFECTIVELY USE THEIR WORDS TO DESCRIBE, THE MAGNITUDE AND INTENSITY OF WHAT THEY FEEL OR WHAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED. Date August 10, 2022 In relation to ANXIETY THERE ARE EUPHEMISMS USED IN THERAPY, SUCH AS, “UNPLEASANT FEELINGS” AND “FEELING ICKY”, WHICH DO NOT ADEQUATELY CONVEY THE INTOLERABLE, INCAPACITATING AND BOTTOMLESS DEPTH AND EXPANSIVE BREADTH OF HOPELESSNESS AND DESPAIR IN DEPRESSION. Date June 3, 2021 In relation to DEPRESSION SUFFERING BY ONE’S SELF IS INFINITELY MORE TRAUMATIZING THAN EXPERIENCING THAT SHARING THAT SAME SUFFERING ALONG WITH SOMEONE ELSE. Date September 18, 2021 In relation to suffering
