Am I grieving right? With Dr. Katherine Shear

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Feelings & Co.

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In case you didn't know, we're still making episodes that are available exclusively on Nora's Substack! We wanted to give all of our listeners a little preview of our most recent episode! Consider joining Nora's Substack to listen to the rest of the episode, get additional bonus episodes, and ad-free episodes! _ In 2022, Prolonged Grief Disorder was added to the DSM-V. A new mental health disorder tied to grief ruffled a lot of feathers, including Nora’s. She talked about it on TTFA (including skepticism around this diagnosis) and you all shared your thoughts on this news as well. This episode is a very cool follow up because we get to learn more about this disorder from one of the doctors who created the diagnosis. Nora interviews Dr. Katherine Shear from Columbia University’s Center for Prolonged Grief about the difference between grief and prolonged grief, the treatment plan she and her team developed, and how American culture is still *so* bad at grieving. Listen to the previous episodes: How Long Should Grief Last? How Long Should Grief Last? Part 2 _ Please send us your questions and comments about this episode or any other! You can email us at ttfapremium@feelingsand.co or leave us a voicemail at 612-568-4441. — Check us out on YouTube. Find all our shows and more at feelingsand.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.9	Hi, guys, it's Nora. If you like what we've done here on Terrible Thanks for asking,
0:25.9	you might want to check out our YouTube channel. We have two new videos going up every week
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0:41.1	description. So see over on YouTube if that's what you're into. What a sales gal I am.
0:52.6	I've spent eight years of my life so far trying to understand grief and to advocate for the grieving.
0:59.1	It is not the career that I thought I would have, but it is the career that I have and I am very grateful for it.
1:05.9	There is an alternate universe out there somewhere, and it's a universe where I am completely unaware
1:12.8	of the power of grief, of the way that it can absolutely decimate you and your world,
1:18.6	and the ways in which it can alchemize and rebuild you and your world.
1:23.6	Grief is a transformative experience, and while, of course, we love to believe that the things
1:28.8	that don't kill us make us stronger, we know that sometimes the things that don't kill us
1:33.4	can wreck us financially, emotionally, spiritually. If you dare to love someone or something,
1:41.4	you are opening your heart to the guarantee of grief. Relationships end,
1:47.1	careers fall apart, people have a 100% chance of dying. Sooner or later, the things that we love
1:54.1	will be lost. And as a result, so will we. I don't mean that we'll die, but sometimes grief feels like we will die from it.
2:02.4	I mean that grief is disorienting and confusing and enraging and sad. In the thick of it,
2:10.2	I sometimes felt like I was behind a thick plate of glass. Like there was an invisible barrier
2:15.2	between me and the rest of the world. I looked normal.
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