Posted by yesac on August 13, 2003, at 11:48:21
In reply to re: another past life for us, posted by lil' jimi on August 13, 2003, at 10:21:06
>the auto accident happened in st. pete, fl on june 3rd, 2002 and lama pema norbu was to arrive (did arrive) in austin on june 5th 2002 ... ... it was a little over a year ago .. ... .. funny thing to me
> is that when i told my gp about my parents in march, she said (i'm way paraphrasing here) that they give us 6 months to recover from grief and i had had nine months, therefore i needed lex ...
> ... and although i argue with that, a lot, i still feel like lex was/is a good thing for me.Who's "they"? I mean, what is 6 months like the official grieving period, and after that you are just supposed to get over it? That's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard! Not to put down Dr. ?????-???... I'm sure it's what they teach them in medical school or residency or journals or whatever. I can just see it.... A Brief Guide to Grief as It Applies to Medicine: "Patients should be given exactly 6 months to recover from the death of people who have been there for their entire lives. If, after a MAXIMUM of 6 months, the patient is still showing symptoms of grief, then the patient must be depressed and therefore whip out a prescription so that you as the MD don't have to deal with it anymore."
Oh well, maybe I'm overreacting a bit here. It just seems a little silly to put a time frame on it like that. As far as I know, grieving is a "process" that goes on for years and years, if not forever in some kind of way.
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