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The loss of somebody very dear to you, perhaps somebody that you loved more than life itself, can be, and usually is, a tremendous blow to your happiness. It will cause extreme pain and you will feel as if the world itself has melted into a pool of liquid and no ....

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.... great anxiety. Anxiety mobilizes and focuses energies needed for coping and changing attitudes and values. For the most part, one does not suffer from over-anxiety for too long and as a result, people rarely become trapped in a maelstrom of anxiety long enough to do any personal damage to themselves. That is not the case with depression. Depression over loss can be a serious problem. In a healthy context, depression enables a person to work on issues of competence, value, and strength in the midst of loss. On the other hand, if left unchecked, it tends to work like a giant leech attached to the body, slowly draining all semblance of life from ....