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What if depression is, in fact, a form of grief--for our own lives not being as they should? What if it is a form of grief for the connections we have lost, yet still need?

matters of grief, little is predictable, and nothing is definitive. Ask whether interacting with digital remains is a 'good' or 'bad' thing, and don't expect a yes-or-no answer.

Because grief is a negative emotion, the Stoics opposed it. At the same time, they realized that because we are mere mortals, some grief is inevitable in the course of a lifetime, as are some fear, some anxiety, some anger, some hatred, some humiliation, and some envy. The goal of the Stoics was therefore not to eliminate grief but to minimize it.