Review Essay on "Levels of Life" by Julian Barnes

In the course of describing his experience of grief, Julian Barnes fleshes out in excruciating detail how traumatic loss entails the collapse of one’s world, a reconfiguring of time and space, a sense of profound estrangement from those who are not grief-stricken, and the dread of a second loss that impends with the passage of time—the fading of memory of the lost beloved.read more

Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - August 20, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert D. Stolorow, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Resilience Stress Therapy bereavement death grief Julian Barnes loss love trauma traumatic bereavement traumatic loss Source Type: news