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erin  ·  4090 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do you feel whole?

No.

I used to feel whole, or at least close to it when I was an undergrad. At 21, I experienced something very traumatic. I have not felt whole since, and I have given up the idea that I will ever be whole again.

I recently had a very supportive professor who challenged me intellectually. I found myself confronting personal struggles to succeed. By the end of the course, I felt like I found a little piece of myself after many years.

The sad thing is, the connection with this professor dissolved after the course ended. I hoped the experience would have fostered, at the very least, a working relationship. I am not really sure where it stands now. It feels like a little bit of the personal gain has been chipped away because of the situation.