@blondie said in An interesting question:
@Mik .. She’s typical of her generation of therapists (being mother of one). She’s likely had little exposure with those of “The Silent Generation”. If so, she’d have a little empathy (and maybe some respect) for how little information we boomers got of our own parents’ and grandparents’ health matters. This forms part of who we are and how we communicate our emotions. We learned growing up that “I didn’t mean to worry you”, or “We wanted to know for sure before we told you”, was often said for a reason .. a reason we boomers accepted and didn’t question. We accepted our elders wisdom and rationale for what they shared/didn’t, and I believe we had less anxiety than young ones today.
Case in point: My mom said little to nothing to my brother of dad’s last 24 hrs in hospital, up to and including dad’s death. Why? Little brother, after years of trying, finally had his interview for a corporate job at the place he worked. That interview happened the morning dad died. I understood. My brother understood too, later, after he was told.
Indeed. Why burden someone in the name of promptness.
My father always referred to worrying about things like test results and such as borrowing trouble.
