To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Summer Education
The Rise Of Re-Use
Grief Is Not A Mental Illness
BY FROMA HARROP We moderns seem determined to suppress all unhappiness with one exception: grief. The intense sadness following loss of a loved one still occupies a warm spot in our culture. We want that pain protected from the deadening analgesics of pharmaceuticals. That explains the American Psychiatric Association’s decision to retreat from a plan […]
Graduation Day
BY SUSAN ESTRICH It’s that time of year. What’s the old song? “I can still remember…” And I do. It’s what I talk about when I’m invited to be a graduation speaker and what I write about every year at this time. It’s about all those painful memories. For many people, graduation is a day […]