I’ve been really down for the past week, thinking about my very unhappy childhood and adolescence mostly. Such a waste of a life. Anyway, Philip is convinced that it’s mostly due to being the anniversary of dad’s death. He says it’s very common for an anniversary of a significant death to have a profound effect.
As for all the things I’ve been thinking about, he says a loss is likely to remind one of all the times one felt that way. A bit like a dementor I guess, dragging up all the most painful experiences from the past.