I was stunned to find our that a friend of mine from when I was a child was  in treatment and listed me as her first great loss when I moved  and our friendship ended.  I thought about  it and felt that my first great loss was a place. I think my first great loss was moving from the city to the desert which I sought to correct as fast as possible.

What was your first great loss? 

Also, moving to the desert... :)

Actually, it was earlier, when I became disillusioned with my father.

Chicken Nuggets, I would say it is Alicia's fault, but I suffered their loss long before she contaminated them for me...........Very sad moment in my life.

Yes, I remember, Elsa

I think it was a trait in my character, the day i lost my innocence and gained my survival instincts. i was much happy and content earlier. Although now i have my own definition of innocence. 

interesting, Surd.  That would be a loss...

Gosh, I really don't want to talk about it. LOL. But this was a great question. Thanks Annalisa :) Brings up something I need to give a little time too

I would say just recently, for a death loss. And moving to Australia when I was 11, I did not enjoy it.

LOL VA! That video still haunts me too....

Becoming the older sister, I lost my ability to be a kid almost immediately. I had to be "a good example" starting at age 6. I love my sister dearly, but boy was I mad at her existence for a very long time. I finally started treating her like a human being when I realized that I actually wanted to be a big sister, I was about 18. Sorry Sis! :)

That's  interesting, Alicia. I had a lot of pressure to be a "big sister" too from my parents and I didn't like it either.  I didn't feel I had time to be a kid.  It was a lot of responsibility in my family.  I am a better sister  now that I'm not forced by my parents.

I am a better sister  now that I'm not forced by my parents.

I feel this way too, as soon as I was on my own, I was able to actually form a relationship with my sister that didn't depend on my mother harping about it.

When I was 11, I lost my fearlessness. I regained it, but that summer was like the summer of dread.

(((sunnysadge)))

exactly, Alicia!

Neptune, that sounds hard!

I got really spooked by death and ghosts and paranormal stuff and I didn't want to go anywhere or do anything or be with anyone outside of a small circle of family and friends. It only lasted a few months and then I was 'right as rain' again 

I'm glad  it didn't last long, neptune trine, it sounds  so scary for  someone young! Well, of any age!

Thanks. I just looked at my natal chart with transits for that time. Pluto conjunct DC, square Moon. Of course. 

Makes sense, Neptune!  Thanks for sharing.

My first great loss was in high school, when the first guy I loved didn't love me back :(

ouch, Caroline!  I didn't chase boys when I was young. I was too busy with my life. I was a late bloomer  and never really chased boys so  I didn't get rejected much. I let them chase me.

It must hurt a lot to have feelings for  someone that are not returned.

Yeah, it sucked. Luckily, I bounce back quick!

It also helps that I know he completely regrets it now :)

When I lost the first great love of my life.  I was 22.  It took me a long time to bounce back from that.

maybe the time my dad had to drop me off to kindergarten (it was usually my mom) and i cried because i was supposed to bring canned soup that day and he drove across the street so he could whoop me before dumping me in front of the school. ugh.

to clarify: i *forgot* the canned soup and was afraid of facing the teacher. my dad was just being impatient and had to actually deal with me. i was going to say it was the next year, when my uncle (his brother) killed himself. but i thought he was a hero for doing it - doodling him and his gun in my diaries - so i think by then i had already lost something.

My friend when I was 12 died from cancer and I saw his body.

When I was five years old and the teenage male babysitter we had decide to get in bed with me,(in my own bed, a twin bed) and take care of his "needs".  I lost so much but wasn't even aware of what it cost me until many, many years later.  I just shut down inside.

Moving from a small country town to a big city when I was 7. Harsh. Devastating. It also meant putting my cat to sleep!!! No more wandering freely. No fields. No train tracks to walk along...

Moving from the town I grew up in I guess. Very similar to Michele's experience and at same age nearly.

my mother, to mental illness.

When my dad left at 8.

My father died unexpectedly when I was 12.

My relationship with my niece.

She saw me blow up because of my depression and never came back! A part of me misses her and wants her back, but a part of me just thinks she's selfish and has bad karma coming her way.

My mom.  She became an alcoholic the summer between kindergarten and first grade and I lost her for nearly 20 years.

(((Hugs to everyone)))

My first loss was my kindergarden bff, she was put in forster care and moved a long way from we're we grew up. I still remember the last day I saw her , we had a summer party in and we all had icecream , and in the middle of this bliss, some people came and got her. It was awful. I allready knew , my mom told me she would move, but it was brutal. She stayed alot at my house, and my mom would have me bring lunch to her aswell, knowing her parents allways forgot. I was at her house once..they had no furniture...her parents suffered under some kind of substance abuse. My mom reported them in the end, I know she has struggled with it later, but she saw no choice.

My 16yr old brother, when i was 10 yrs old... he was a underwater Jr. professional hunter (idk the english name for that activity).

That was my 1st great loss, and the biggest obstacle i ever had, as it brought up many family issues.

At the age of 20 I had it.  Then at the age of 20 and a half I didn't have it.

What was it?

HAIR.

:P

my dad....my mom left him when I was 3.

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Aw. Much love n hugs to everyone whose lost someone or something in their life. When I was 9 I lost my grandmother to lung cancer. It would be a tragedy any way but she was more of a mother to me then my own. Both my parents were too wrapped up in their own problems to focus on me and I stayed with grandma most of my early childhood. <3 when ppl asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up I said. I wanna be a grandma. :)) love u gramma

My fortune? After that, every job I ever had and every woman I ever had, as well as masses of opportunities. "Fortunately", I never had any of those for long enough to build my whole life upon. If I had, I'd be dead by now.