Blighted phenomena are understood as derivatives of dark, lonely, injured experiences—those that are often difficult to put into words. These phenomena can manifest in innumerable configurations in patients' presentations and in the specificity of their developmental struggles and language. The present article aims to describe ways of working with the darkness of blighted experience, through three case studies. These vignettes are interwoven with temporally encountered theoretical concepts and language-research informing their approach in order to create an example of the kaleidoscopic, multidirectional ways dyadic encounters, theory, and research in training can inform one another and continue to expand approaches to patients' feelings of darkness.