The Worst Part Isn’t the Sadness or the Grief
Why the second arrow always hurts more
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6 min readMay 28, 2021
“You were embarrassed for feeling sad about the death of your cat. It’s painful enough to feel sad, but on top of it . . . to feel embarrassed for feeling, that is the killer.”
This short quote, taken from I Heart Huckabees, is a perfect example of what Buddhists call “the second arrow”.
