Symptoms of loss can mirror those of depression. It's good that you're giving yourself permission to grieve his absence. What I'd like to know is how do you publicly reveal such a thing as lack of motivation? I would be worried what people, as in, potential customers or employers, would think. How do you deal with the knowledge strangers have accumulated about you? Doesn't this put you at a disadvantage in your dealings with people? Our culture used to value reputation so highly that we would fiercely protect our privacy, hiding negative stuff. Now our culture sees no downside to letting it all hang out. What do you think? Isn't there still a downside?

Symptoms of loss can mirror those of depression. It's good that you're giving yourself permission to grieve his absence. What I'd like to know is how do you publicly reveal such a thing as lack of motivation? I would be worried what people, as in, potential customers or employers, would think. How do you deal with the knowledge strangers have accumulated about you? Doesn't this put you at a disadvantage in your dealings with people? Our culture used to value reputation so highly that we would fiercely protect our privacy, hiding negative stuff. Now our culture sees no downside to letting it all hang out. What do you think? Isn't there still a downside?