Quick Twitter Thread Breaks Down Grief

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mattstaff
Oct 15, 2020 9:00 AM EDT

This quick and enlightening thread made waves on Twitter for its effectiveness when it came to breaking down what the grieving process is like. If anything this is painfully accurate. Just helps to remember when you're in the middle of muddling through a difficult time that it too shall pass. 

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    Text - Lauren Herschel @LaurenHerschel So grief is like this: There's a box with a ball in it. And a pain button. And no, I am not known for my art skills. THE BALL AND THE BOX BALL PAIN BUTTON
    via @LaurenHerschel
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    Text - In the beginning, the ball is huge. You can't move the box without the ball hitting the pain button. It rattles around on its own in there and hits the button over and over. You can't control it - it just keeps hurting. Sometimes it seems unrelenting.
    via @LaurenHerschel
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    Text - Over time, the ball gets smaller. It hits the button less and less but when it does, it hurts just as much. It's better because you can function day to day more easily. But the downside is that the ball randomly hits that button when you least expect it.
    via @LaurenHerschel
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    Text - Lauren Herschel @LaurenH... ·12/29/17 v Replying to @LaurenHerschel For most people, the ball never really goes away. It might hit less and less and you have more time to recover between hits, unlike when the ball was still giant. I thought this was the best description of grief I've heard in a long time. 64 27501 4,499 Lauren Herschel @LaurenH... · 12/29/17 v I told my step dad about the ball in the box (with even worse pictures). He now uses it to talk about how he's feeling. "The Ball
    via @LaurenHerschel

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