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I came across this article about psychiatrists sparking controversy for attempting to classify grief of loss (if it extends beyond two weeks -.-) as depression -- it's called Is Emotional Pain Necessary?. How is it that one doesn't allude the modern world to an Orwellian state when things like this happen??? Cause, seriously! We're not even aware, I think, how much we try to numb ourselves - if physical pain is a symptom of a physical disease, then emotional pain is a symptom too. Giving drugs for depression is not treating the disease, you're just attempting to ignore the symptom. I can't help but think of Brave New World, of soma -- the people in the story just down some soma when they get off work and they feel genki and a-okay; so nobody questions that there's something wrong in their lives.

"Over the course of time, we've become looser in applying the term 'mental disorder' to the expectable aches and pains and sufferings of everyday life," Frances says. "And always, we think about a medication treatment for each and every problem."

From Frances' perspective, if you can't feel intense emotional pain in the wake of the death of your child without it being categorized as a mental disorder, then when in the course of human experience are you allowed to feel intense emotional pain for more than two weeks?