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is major depression a normal part of the grieving process?

April 26, 2017depression grieving normal process

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is major depression a normal part of the grieving process?

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No. Most people who suffer a major loss do not go on to develop a full-blown major depression. Some sadness, sleep loss, decreased appetite is common, but suicidal ideation, pervasive and persistent symptoms, and profound social withdrawal is not. About 15 percent of those who suffer a major loss will develop major depression (meaning of course that 85 percent will not).