Re: [ Private to Damon/Vlad ]
No. To an extent, we both have that same issue. His is letting go, mine is loss. It has a very similar nature.
I've always understood that, but he is what he is. You don't necessarily have to be happy, but to realize it isn't going to change, and the gloom and doom is counterproductive. I've tried to get him to not like it necessarily, but to find a way to deal with it that doesn't suck. I've also done the whole time and patience thing, or I try. There was always a point that I couldn't quite get around, and that is where our actual problems were.
When he is going through his blood issues, it was always about him. It was about what Stefan needed. I was a prisoner for a few years, vanished off the planet, and it was still about what Stefan needed. He didn't find me, didn't even figure out I was gone. The one time I needed him, he never showed. To get away, I had to sacrifice my best friend, and then it was still about Stefan, and I've resented it ever since.