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When grief and depression become indistinguishable

I cannot tell if I am depressed or if this is just what life feels like when someone you love is gone forever

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The boundary between pathological depression and natural response to profound loss blurs in the lived experience.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief and mental health — when grief becomes depression?”

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