The article explores the author's personal experience with grief following the death of their father from brain cancer. Initially overwhelmed by physical symptoms of grief, the author reflects on the stigma and confusion surrounding grief's duration and intensity. The article discusses the inclusion of prolonged grief disorder in the DSM-5, highlighting the debate on whether it should be considered a diagnosable condition. While some argue it legitimizes intense emotion, others fear it pathologizes a natural response to loss, questioning if it can ever truly be cured.
"In 2022, prolonged grief disorder was added to a text revision of the fifth Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders... Too much grief had become an official diagnosis."
"For some, diagnosing and, subsequently, medicating grief risks turning normal human processes into symptoms. For others, the value of a diagnosis brings legitimacy to the chaos of emotion."
"Prolonged grief... is an intense yearning for the deceased that interferes with everyday life and that lasts at least a year for adults..."
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