Mar 31, 2022
I #blogged about the addition of #prolongedgriefdisorder last month when the #APA announced the upcoming changes in the #DSMV-TR. I can tell you with 100% certainty I had this after my Mom passed. I still have some of the symptoms, but you learn to cope and live again. I think this is NOT an exhaustive list, but this is how we diagnose mental illness. I look at the addition as a win because #grief is not cut and dry as academia teaches us.
Here is a video overview https://youtu.be/WjkvTKlIyTI
Source: https://www.psychiatry.org/newsroom/news-releases/apa-offers-tips-for-understanding-prolonged-grief-
Some of the symptoms of #prolongedgriefdisorder are:
Identity disruption (e.g., feeling as though part of oneself has died).
Marked sense of disbelief about the death.
Avoidance of #reminders that the person is dead.
Intense emotional pain (e.g., anger, #bitterness, sorrow) related to the death.
Difficulty with #reintegration (e.g., problems engaging with friends, pursuing interests, planning for the future).
Emotional #numbness.
Feeling that life is meaningless.
Intense loneliness (i.e., feeling alone or #detached from others)
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