Interesting....I lost my boyfriend to suicide several years ago. At no time did my therapist give me a time frame for grieving (I would have fired her if she had). Grief is an individual thing. Sometimes we never get over these things. Nothing personal, but I think that therapist needs to get some serious education on the grieving process.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 1:23 PM Subject: Re: grief njc : When I was seeing a therapist a couple of years ago, she told me that as a : rule of thumb, for "each" year someone was a part of your life, it takes the : same number of months for the grieving process. i.e. If you and your spouse : or partner were together for 24 years, you could expect to be grieving for 24 : months. This is not to say that 2 years later you would still be crying your : eyes out constantly. It means that 2 years from now, you could see something : that reminded you of that person and it would be perfectly natural for you to : start crying. : : It made sense to me, but it was her rule of thumb, not mine. Like you said : Mags, grief is a personal journey. : : Jimmy : np Puddle of Mudd "Blurry" :
