In Absentia

Today, I went to a play that explored the question, "How do we heal after losing someone we love?" Morris Panych in his play, In Absentia, takes an intellectual approach to the absence of a key player in the life of the heroine, Colette.  He has Tom, the missing husband, join the cast.  The range of emotions, the exploration of the healing process and intellectual conflict are each dealt with in a humorous, heartfelt manner.
Joan Didion wrote a memoir to love and grief in just 88 days.  Her book, The Year of Magical Thinking, was a recap of conversations, arguments that Didion had with her deceased husband, John Dunne.
Are these conversations a symptom of an unhinged person or just coming to terms with death. The play does not answer for you but really leaves you with a lot to think about.