To help me "deal with" my grief?????

a) I'd be a horrible patient. (I majored in psychology and sociologist in undergraduate and was part way thru a masters in social work. I'd be challenging every word that came out of a therapist's mouth!)

b) I'm dealing with it on my own. Yeah, I'm depressed. Yeah, I cry usually at least once a day, sometimes more. But I'm working thru it and gradually, it's getting easier.

c) I'm taking control of my own life & my own choices & my own health. No excuses. What I do is all on me now.

d) I'm far from being clinically depressed. Been there, done that, took the Lexapro to get thru it 23 years ago. (That was when I lost my parents 10 days apart, lost both Chopin & Guinan within months of my parents, was dealing with John's mother and having to travel to EKY weekly to deal with the estates AND trying to raise 2 kids with what I now realize was an emotionally absent husband. It got bad. And the meds gave me a cushion until I could get back in control.)

I know he means well but everyone handles loss differently & so far (at least) I'm managing it and it's easing every so slightly as time goes on.