![]() That is a funny experience in itself, because it is like looking death in the face, thinking “this is it, the end”… and then you come out of the fuzz and realise you are actually still alive. My relationship with death and endings often comes back to an event that I had in my twenties where I came close to a sudden death and I believed I was going to die. ![]() I want to use my own experience so I can tune in on some real feelings in this piece. But it spills over into all kinds of areas of life, including things such as losing a job or the end of a romantic relationship. For anyone who has ever suffered bereavement, I am sure this may strike a chord. So I will be speaking of endings, change and loss interchangeably within their many different guises.įirstly, I want to look at endings and changes where we feel we may not have had a choice in it. It is hard to imagine an ending, without some change involved. ‘Loss’ and ‘endings’ are all huge and significant parts of the umbrella of change. The Oxford dictionary definition of ‘change’ is: “the fact of becoming different”. It is such a huge topic to try and write about in about 1000 words (I could actually write a whole book on this… don’t worry I haven’t, keep reading!), but I am going to try and talk about some of the themes that we might consider the most general to the human race’s difficulties with endings and change. Strictly speaking, all of life is about this on a subtle level, in fact it is at the core of most of the issues we deal with as counsellors. Over the last few weeks, I have been really in the thick of it in terms of endings, changes and new beginnings. Collaborative Partners & External Agencies.
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