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#295 - Philosophy and the Good Life

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Role of Grief in Recovering From Loss

Is there any point where grief itself becomes maladaptive and no longer a sign of just how important that person was to you? So at some point, you could imagine a grief pill really could be a necessary intervention for someone whose life has just unraveled under the pressure of bereavement. And I think this is kind of a puzzle I talk about in the chapter on grief in life is hard. We don't know. There's nothing in the object of grief that tells you how long grieve for.

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