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fandomhigh2013-07-09 09:55 am
not_a_whiner) wrote in fandomhigh2013-07-09 09:55 am
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Coping With Loss, Tuesday, Period 3
The great advantage to datapads over paper is that you didn't look so stupid or awkward casting glances at a datapad as you did, say, rummaging through papers. So... there was that.
Kaidan wasn't really in his element here, facing a bunch of teenagers, expected to talk about something that wasn't rerigging shields or blowing things up. That was gonna be... well, he'd see what it was gonna be like. He didn't quite manage a smile for the class as they came in-- as a teacher, he figured he could get away with that.
"Good morning," he greeted. "Welcome to Coping with Loss. I'm Staff Commander Kaidan Alenko, Systems Alliance. Over the next couple of weeks, I'm going to talk with you guys about grief and... how to handle it."
He took a glance down at his datapad before continuing. "Grief is a normal part of the emotional experience of most species," he said. "It's a brand of emotional suffering that, uh, happens when you lose someone, sometimes even something. You can grieve over a lost relationship or your own health just as much as you can grieve over someone's death."
He touched the desk, mostly for the sake of something to do. "There are a lot of myths about the process," he said. "Like that the pain is supposed to fade if you just ignore it for long enough. Trust me on that - it's just gonna keep coming back worse and worse until you deal with it. Ignoring it doesn't make you strong or capable, it just makes you stupid. It'll creep up on you when you need it least and mess with your head."
Okay. Maybe he didn't need to rely entirely on his datapad for this.
"Being 'strong' isn't always the right way. It might not even be the natural way. You're gonna go through a lot of emotions, sadness, fear, loneliness. Maybe you'll need to cry, maybe you won't, it's different for everybody. But... don't just push it aside. It's no good to anyone."
Kaidan scraped his throat. "Anyway, enough about that," he said. "This is the first class, so... introductions. Tell me your name, your class, and something about something you've grieved about."
Kaidan wasn't really in his element here, facing a bunch of teenagers, expected to talk about something that wasn't rerigging shields or blowing things up. That was gonna be... well, he'd see what it was gonna be like. He didn't quite manage a smile for the class as they came in-- as a teacher, he figured he could get away with that.
"Good morning," he greeted. "Welcome to Coping with Loss. I'm Staff Commander Kaidan Alenko, Systems Alliance. Over the next couple of weeks, I'm going to talk with you guys about grief and... how to handle it."
He took a glance down at his datapad before continuing. "Grief is a normal part of the emotional experience of most species," he said. "It's a brand of emotional suffering that, uh, happens when you lose someone, sometimes even something. You can grieve over a lost relationship or your own health just as much as you can grieve over someone's death."
He touched the desk, mostly for the sake of something to do. "There are a lot of myths about the process," he said. "Like that the pain is supposed to fade if you just ignore it for long enough. Trust me on that - it's just gonna keep coming back worse and worse until you deal with it. Ignoring it doesn't make you strong or capable, it just makes you stupid. It'll creep up on you when you need it least and mess with your head."
Okay. Maybe he didn't need to rely entirely on his datapad for this.
"Being 'strong' isn't always the right way. It might not even be the natural way. You're gonna go through a lot of emotions, sadness, fear, loneliness. Maybe you'll need to cry, maybe you won't, it's different for everybody. But... don't just push it aside. It's no good to anyone."
Kaidan scraped his throat. "Anyway, enough about that," he said. "This is the first class, so... introductions. Tell me your name, your class, and something about something you've grieved about."
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*is a horrible person*