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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 258908"><p>Re: embracing something like suicide (or any other very sad possibility with reference to loved ones)</p><p> </p><p>I don't see the health of this <strong><u>fully.</u></strong> I see some merit to it...but with noticeable caveat... </p><p>What I disagree with in particular was the idea of the<strong><u> "inevitability "</u></strong> that seemed to be strongly implied. Sometimes there are inevitable/predictable and tragic outcomes...like in the case of terminal disease, but other things, are not so obvious.</p><p> </p><p>I think perhaps a therapist might want to encourage a person to embrace the <u>possibility</u> of something. To understand that one can hope that this doesn't happen and if appropriate ( it would not be self defeating/self damaging) and one wants to do so, one can take steps to provide assistance to a loved one who is having a problem. However, to help the client understand that it ( a bad outcome) COULD happen (to their loved one) and if it did, that their client could <u>still have health despite any tragedy that might occur.</u> It would take effort...but health and happiness could and would be <u>regained.</u> So embrace it as a possibility, hope it doesn't happen, but know that it could happen and if it were to happen, that you (the client) are strong and can and will survive. </p><p>Anyway...back to the original thought...<u>embrace a possibility...however, do not necessarily assume something is a "given."</u></p><p> </p><p>(by the way...I think I really do finally get this).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 258908"] Re: embracing something like suicide (or any other very sad possibility with reference to loved ones) I don't see the health of this [B][U]fully.[/U][/B] I see some merit to it...but with noticeable caveat... What I disagree with in particular was the idea of the[B][U] "inevitability "[/U][/B] that seemed to be strongly implied. Sometimes there are inevitable/predictable and tragic outcomes...like in the case of terminal disease, but other things, are not so obvious. I think perhaps a therapist might want to encourage a person to embrace the [U]possibility[/U] of something. To understand that one can hope that this doesn't happen and if appropriate ( it would not be self defeating/self damaging) and one wants to do so, one can take steps to provide assistance to a loved one who is having a problem. However, to help the client understand that it ( a bad outcome) COULD happen (to their loved one) and if it did, that their client could [U]still have health despite any tragedy that might occur.[/U] It would take effort...but health and happiness could and would be [U]regained.[/U] So embrace it as a possibility, hope it doesn't happen, but know that it could happen and if it were to happen, that you (the client) are strong and can and will survive. Anyway...back to the original thought...[U]embrace a possibility...however, do not necessarily assume something is a "given."[/U] (by the way...I think I really do finally get this). [/QUOTE]
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