This is a travesty. Grieving for loss more than a year is a diagnostic criteria? NO. It takes as long as it takes to grieve for those we have lost. Grief is not a disorder. YOU'RE the disorder, psychiatry. #griefandloss #mourning #NotADisease #BigPharma nytimes.com/2022/03/18/healt…
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Do you mind if I share an alternative framing?
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I would love it if you did. Spread it around through your own words like butter spreads when melted
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My thinking is that people who suffer from extended periods of grief deserve additional support if nothing else to help manage it. I can understand how the label of disorder might feel reductive or insulting, but people also find solace in understanding what is happening to them
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I think whether it's good or bad depends on how we help people who fall under this label and I don't necessarily see it was a tool to insult or diminish someone, but I do understand that if you're not getting the help you need that it might feel like a negative thing.
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Replying to @KellyRankin19
I've been thinking about this Kelly. You are hyper-real and I so appreciate that perspective. To the point that I believe it's an art form. I'd love to understand if that helps you. Do you experience loss as distantly as it seems to me? I may be misreading due to lack of cues.

Mar 20, 2022 · 6:46 PM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
What I'm trying to say is that something being labeled a disorder doesn't mean that it doesn't make sense. The idea of a disorder is that it's something that lowers the quality of life for the person who experiences it and they need additional treatment to improve their life.
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