It's Ok That You're Not Ok: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand

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This approach is perfectly sensible and quite common in many books on difficult subjects such as grief and cancer. This book made me paranoid I can never say the right thing-no matter what I say is a cliche, has a hidden psychological meaning, or is in some other way wrong. Because of this lack of clarity, some have criticized the book as something that could end up getting grieving people stuck between OK and not OK.

This is best suited for people dealing with grief themself or someone who is trying to get ressources on how to help/support a grieving person.

Yes, I am different, but I have neither the willingness nor the ability to become happy ever after; however differently happiness may be redefined. Yes, those of us who have been bereaved can identify with that, but it's as you would expect, people just don't know what to say to you! Furthermore, she states that unacknowledged pain results in a distinct lack of empathy for people with opposing views. Everyone’s at least a little bit Not OK, something grief expert and psychotherapist Megan Devine knows from the inside out.

Psychotherapist Megan Devine believes that making the world a better place starts with acknowledging grief, rather than seeking to overcome it. I had 11 months between losing my Nan and my Sister and they feel very different to me so I knew I had to try to read this.Watching her die was at once a horrible nightmare and a relief to see the end of her suffering—I felt so much guilt for feeling relieved, and so much anguish over the many wrong things I had said and all the things left unsaid. Megan Devine introduces the topic by telling readers that she had been a therapist/grief counselor, giving her clients the standard advice about "getting past" grief, "moving on," "finding closure," etc.