Healing doesn't mean the loss didn't happen. It means that it no longer controls us. - David Kessler

I guess the real question is, Why not me? Why did I think I was going to get through this life without sorrow, pain, or grief?

William James, who was a professor at Harvard from 1872 to 1907 as well as a lecturer at numerous universities, is often referred to as "the father of American psychology." Yet in his lifetime, he was ridiculed for forming The American Society for Psychical Research. Unfortunately, we have a long-standing practice of criticizing those who look outside the traditional medical box.

When you hear someone repeating his grief story over and over, that means his grief has not been witnessed in a healthy way.