This type of grief also reflects the feeling that your worldview or political beliefs — what we think is right vs. wrong, or morally valid — is under attack, she explains.

"You have to be careful that the information you're following, seeking and consuming is valid and strategically useful or strategically valuable for you."

During my revision, the criticism from most agents about the narrowness of the questions felt valid.

The crescendo of outrage at the health care system lately has some arguably valid complaints.

The company "knowingly and intentionally" conspired with pharmaceutical firm Purdue Pharma to "aid and abet the misbranding of prescription drugs... without valid prescriptions", according to the US Department of Justice.