When Someone Else’s Pain Reopens Your Own

Grief echoes.

Grief repeats.

Grief resurfaces when love is threatened — not because we’re broken, but because we’re human.

The body keeps its own timelines.

The heart has its own memory.

And traveling with someone you love… then watching life shift in ways you didn’t see coming… it brings you face to face with the parts of grief you thought you had already mastered.

Written by Bryan Salangsang, BA psych (Adv.), MACP (Cand.), CCP - Pre-licensed Professional Counsellor at Mind and Ocean