By Andrea Mathews — 2016
Everyone we know wants us to let it go. But it seems impossible to the person holding on. So, what does it mean to let go?
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Normal bereavement and major depression share many of the same symptoms. And because of those similarities, psychiatrists have historically carved out what is known as a "bereavement exclusion." Its purpose was to reduce the likelihood that normal grief would be diagnosed as clinical depression.
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