I think there are two (closely related) reasons people get depressed after losing a close friend or family member:
1. We are upset because our own lives won't be the same as when that person/pet was alive.
2. We feel bad because of the memory of how that pet/person suffered and how s/he would have liked to still be alive.
With regards to point 1 although such emotions are normal, are they not an example of selfishness/egocentricism/ or perhaps Randian self-interest considering the millions of others who have lost even closer/younger loved ones under even more tragic circumstances?
With regards to point 2, considering the thousands of human and non-human animals who have suffered more (and/or more recently) is it not irrational for me to be mourning my loved one?
Is it irrational or egocentric to mourn a loved one?
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Is it irrational or egocentric to mourn a loved one?
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