Mia's framing of the shift that happens in grief when the mourner starts investigating, Sherlock Holmes style, the person lost or why they left (as in the Murakami novel, or her own urge to call her partner 20 times when something feels off). Curiosity can lift you out of depression, but it can also become a chase after an apparition.
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- Calling her partner twenty times
Mia's relationship is securely attached, but if her partner doesn't say goodbye in his usual way and something feels hidden, she might call him 20 times: 'me going from investigator before…
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Curiosity is an ascension from depression. Even if you just have the motivation for one more breath or one more moment, that's better than just being like, I want to end it all.
- Curiosity both heals and haunts
Investigating a loss can lift you out of depression, but without a clear answer it becomes a Gordian knot that tightens the more you look, a chase after an apparition. Be clear about what…