Think you’ve been grieving for too long? You’re wrong.
BigThink · 28 May 2026

Think you’ve been grieving for too long? You’re wrong.

BJ Miller, MD, Katherine Shear, MD, and Paul Bloom, PhD reframe grief as a natural, necessary response to love and loss — instead of a disorder to fix on a deadline. Drawing from neuroscience, psychiatry, and philosophy, they explain why grief can resemble love in the brain, why mourning often takes


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Grief is reframed as a natural response to love and loss, rather than a disorder needing a deadline for resolution. The authors explore the neuroscience and philosophy behind grief's connection to love.


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