tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163377615656061205.post4200661933215274510..comments2023-06-27T07:12:47.910-04:00Comments on Grief Healing: Voices of Experience: Grief and Depression: Are They Different?Marty Tousley, RN, MS, FThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05517952534831180171noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163377615656061205.post-19362912912425749332012-06-29T11:50:54.927-04:002012-06-29T11:50:54.927-04:00Thank you for your perceptive comments and for rec...Thank you for your perceptive comments and for recognizing my attempt to "give more space to a middle place." I had a history of mild, unmedicated depression that confused the issue, plus I lost my father when I was 14, after a 12 year illness. I could not express grief as a girl because it upset my mother. My husband's death pulled up memories of my father's death, and I knew that I needed to experience my sorrow this time. And I did.Elaine Mansfieldhttp://elainemansfield.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5163377615656061205.post-41881595372024107362012-06-22T10:13:58.975-04:002012-06-22T10:13:58.975-04:00What an important distinction to make: grief is di...What an important distinction to make: grief is distinct from depression. Depression is an emotional state where the sadness has little basis in external reality. Grief is a healthy response to real events in our lives: our loved one's death. That the symptoms overlap makes it easy for grief to be diagnosed as depression and the experience treated as a medical problem. Elaine's essay provides a voice that gives more space to a middle place for working through one's grief by being with those feelings. Acceptance. Adjustment. Appreciation. All steps up from the darkness.Jill Swensonhttp://jillybooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com