Reflections on Grief

In the November 22 New York Times, Jill Bialosky, still living with the grief of her sister’s suicide at the age of 21, takes issues with psychologists who say that lasting grief is pathological. The attitude is widespread in our “get on with it” culture. The American Psychiatric Association even classifies “prolonged grief” as a mental disorder. The APA defines the disorder as “intense pain lasting a year after a loss and an inability to resume past…