After a week of Level 2, I wanted to report that the brain fog cleared up after a couple of days, but the feelings of depression (grief??) have persisted. I have always been an unemotive kind of guy, but recently I have had the weird experience of crying/tearing-up while watching movies (fortunately I was by myself at the time and my kids didn't notice :-) I have also been having turmoil at work from my supervisor, which for me is highly unusual. The boss told me that I needed to 'tone down' when talking to the new staff arriving this week. I told him that I didn't know what he was talking about but he said that I had the tendency to be over the top in some of my comments. Still thinking about what all this means...
On the positive side, my thinking has been a lot sharper recently. I went to a Trivia Night last night and really held my own by contributing several answers. My table actually won the first prize (including cash, wine and chocolates). I have never been on the winning table before - awesome!
All up, I would have to say that Level 2 has been much more of a challenge for me than Level 1. It looks like I am being forced to confront some emotions, beliefs, behaviors and conditions that I thought I had left behind many years ago. Looking forward to riding the rest of the roller-coaster...