《修復事典:被留下來的我們,不用急著好起來》

失去的已經失去了,但我還在這裡

我必須知道自己留下來的理由

江佩津的前一本作品《卸殼》,述說沉重的家族故事,直面心中尚未和解的親子關係。

然而,卸下了過去生活的舊殼,作為自殺者遺族(重大傷痛倖存者),該如何從悲傷中走出來、復原?難受想哭是極其自然的一件事,但難道只能悲傷嗎?

「我們熟知身體傷口的處理技巧,卻沒人教我們心理的傷該如何處理。」那些尚未處理,或是說還無法處理的情緒,關於修復自己的點點滴滴,以及許多未曾言說的,都在江佩津的第二本散文創作中呈現。

本書分為三輯:物、情緒、生活。關於事件發生之後,生活的樣貌,以及如何撿拾情緒,修復自我的碎片。

Part One──物。

迷你倉、泡菜、點數卡、保單、木炭、心理勵志書……這些日常各處常見的物件,可能是與離開者千絲萬縷的回憶,也可能是事件發生之後新建立的連結,亦是散落一地的情緒與生活碎片。透過重新觀看、思考物件的意義,撿拾其中的故事。

Part Two──情緒。

關於自殺者遺族的情緒,難道只有悲傷嗎?面對身旁親朋好友看待自殺遺族的刻板眼光,不免感到憤世嫉俗;開懷大笑時,心中也不禁浮現「我真的可以這麼開心嗎」的想法。

除了佩津自身的感受之外,本輯也收錄她對其他遺族進行的訪談。

被留下來的人們,在表露悲傷之外的情緒,同時,也在一點一滴修復自己。

Part Three──生活。

被留下來的人該怎麼辦,是否有重建生活的可能。本輯收錄的文章,既是在討論「在那之後的生活樣貌」,也試圖找出前進的理由。

悲傷與失落一直都在,但同樣地,相生相應的修復與療癒也會一直存在著。

誠如江佩津的自述:「大部分的時間裡,我還是生氣、還是悲傷,對著空氣叫喚已不存在的人們,想著如果自己命終之日,若見到他們,一定要花上很長的時間抱怨、罵他們讓自己承受了這些痛苦,只是名單可能只會越來越長、那日也不知何時會到來,也許到那一天,自己也忘了要抱怨些什麼。再次見面時,請讓我好好抱抱你,那些只是先行離開的人們。」

★本作品部分內容曾獲「2020年國家文化藝術基金會文學創作補助」


Pei-Chin Chiang’s previous work, “Unshell", narrated a heavy family story, tackling a reconciled parent-child relationship.

However, after shedding the old shell of one’s past life, how, as a Suicide Loss Survivor, should one walk away from grief, recover? Hurting and crying are extremely natural things, but can there only be sorrow?

“We are familiar with ways of treating physical injuries, yet no one teaches us how to deal with wounded hearts." These emotions that have not or cannot be treated yet, the small steps of self-recovering little by little, and many unspoken words, all of these emerge inside Pei-Chin Chiang’s second prose work.

This book is divided into three parts: Things, Emotions, Life. Regarding what life is like after the incident, as well as how to gather up emotions and fix one’s own bits and pieces.

Grief and loss are always there, but in the same way, the corresponding process of fixing and curing will always exist.

As Pei-Chin Chiang said in her own words: “Most of the time, I am still angry, still sorrowful, calling the names of those who are gone in the emptiness, thinking that if I saw them on the last day of my life, I would surely spend a long time complaining, scolding them for inflicting such pain to themselves; but the list of names may only become longer and longer, and who knows when that day will come, maybe that when it does, I’ll have forgotten myself what to complain about. When we meet again, please let me hold you tight, those are only the ones who went away first."


《修復事典:被留下來的我們,不用急著好起來》
作者: 江佩津
出版社:大塊文化
出版日期:2022/12/2

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