Grief is the normal, natural response to the death of someone you care about.
Grief happens because you connect with another human being through love.
But if it’s up to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), people who experience the fundemental yet normal process of grief could be routinely diagnosed right away as in a major depression and then prescribed anti-depressants before they have even had a chance to try and work through their feelings of loss on their own.
That’s because the APA is changing the definition of certain behaviors such as grief, hoarding and binge eating, among others, in … Read More