The New York Times
How Long Should It Take to Grieve? Psychiatry Has Come Up With an Answer.
8 min · · The latest edition of the DSM-5, sometimes known as “psychiatry’s bible,” includes a controversial new diagnosis: prolonged grief disorder. · Shared by 150, including Jake Jackson, Neil Lewis, Jr., PhD, Jane, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Todd Kashdan, Timothy Lomauro, CMHA National, trudy, Eghosa Omoigui
The Guardian
My partner died. Then my brother. Here’s what not to say to someone who is grieving
3 min · · In an effort to help – and to protect themselves – people try to shrink the loss with empty platitudes. But that can make grief even more painful · Shared by 110, including Jane, Marcos, Sonja Peteranderl (@glocalreporting@chaos.social)
The New York Times
How to Help a Loved One Through Sudden Loss
6 min · · Here’s how to offer support to someone grieving after an unexpected death. · Shared by 91, including Jane
NPR
When facing loss, embrace change and don't force closure, a therapist urges
6 min · · Over the last two years, many have experienced a kind of ambiguous loss as we have lived with isolation and uncertainty in the pandemic. Author and therapist Pauline Boss explains how to move forward. · Shared by 80, including Jane
NPR
How your brain copes with grief, and why it takes time to heal
7 min · · Grieving is a form of learning, says a scientist who studies the brain's response to loss. When someone you love dies, you have to learn new rules for navigating the world and your brain has to adapt. · Shared by 193, including Jane
The Atlantic
Grief Is Evidence of Love
3 min · · Yes, mourning is an acknowledgment of loss. But the late scholar bell hooks argued that it is also a way of honoring our commitment to those who have died. · Shared by 84, including Jane
Brain Pickings
The Geometry of Grief: Mathematician Michael Frame on How Fractals Help Fathom and Move Through Loss
7 min · · “The distance between here and there is the answer to the wrong question.” · Shared by 105, including Dr. Simon A. Rego, Jennifer Ouellette, Jane, Simon C
Aeon+Psyche
How the brain responds to grief can change who we are
9 min · · The five stages of grief can’t begin to explain it: grief affects the body, brain and sense of self, and patience is the key · Shared by 377, including Anita Leirfall, Timothy Lomauro, Jane, Esther Schindler, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire
The Atlantic
The Year of Postponed Grief
3 min · · 16 months after my grandmother died, my family finally gathered to bury her. · Shared by 84, including Jane
The Atlantic
What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind
· Grief, conspiracy, and one family’s search for meaning in the two decades since 9/11 · Shared by 1104, including Jeff Atwood, zeynep tufekci, Ida Bae Wells, David Leonhardt, Scott Gottlieb, MD, Anne Helen Petersen, Steve Silberman, Ed Yong has left The Atlantic, Anne Applebaum, Kevin M. Kruse, Matthew Herper, Brian Stelter, Paul Bloom, Anne Thompson, James Fallows, Larry Ferlazzo, Neuropsychology, Mathew Ingram, David Frum, Andrew Ross Sorkin
BuzzFeed News
My Phone Doesn’t Realize My Mother Is Dead
10 min · · Technology has made avoiding painful memories impossible. · Shared by 196, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Lauren Goode, Jane
The Guardian
Unspeakable grief: breaking the silence around terminations for medical reasons
7 min · · In the UK, at least 5,000 pregnancies a year end in termination for medical reasons, but the grief and guilt of the parents can endure for years, while they often feel unable to speak openly about… · Shared by 79, including Jane, Jo Hemmings 🇺🇦
ELLE Magazine (US)
How Amanda Kloots Faced Modern Grief
11+ min · · Tens of thousands of followers witnessed the fitness entrepreneur's Instagram dispatches documenting the three-month hospitalization and eventual death of her husband, actor Nick Cordero. Is this how… · Shared by 78, including Jane
Brain Pickings
I Measure Every Grief I Meet: Emily Dickinson on Love and Loss
4 min · · “‘Tis good — the looking back on Grief.” · Shared by 205, including Jane, Charles Duhigg
The Guardian
Post-traumatic growth: the woman who learned to live a profoundly good life after loss
9 min · · After the deaths of her son and husband, Rhian Mannings emerged slowly from grief to start a charity and find love again. What does her experience tell us about how suffering can change us? · Shared by 79, including Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Jane
The New York Times
How Losing a Pet Can Make You Stronger
5 min · · The process of acceptance and letting go builds the resilience necessary to navigate an array of life’s obstacles. · Shared by 86, including Carly, Jane