There is a lot going on in the world right now. A lot of people are hurting.
In today's chat, I wanted to talk about recognizing that grieving is a process and if you can recognize where you are in this process, you just may be able to move through it faster and with less pain. By getting to the point where you have more good days than bad ones, you can get to the point where you are doing things to give yourself a more positive future.
While there are many models on grieving, today I'll talk about one called "The Five Stages of Grief", or simply "The Five Stages". This model has it's foundation in work done by a Swiss-American psychiatrist named Elizabeth Kubler-Ross. Hence, some also call this the Kubler-Ross curve.
Before we jump into the five stages, it is important to note that this is not a linear model. Meaning, people don't necessarily experience it in steps 1 through 5. In fact, it is quite common for people to move back and forth across the 5 stages, and for some, some may never experience all five stages on a particular loss. Grief is different for everyone. That is the first step though in helping you to move through all stages. Understand that there is a process and recognizing where you are in that process and what the end of that process looks like.
The five stages are:
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance
My goal for this chat it to hopefully help anyone grieving for any reason to help you to get through your grief by sharing the 5 stages.
In doing so, if you can recognize what stage you are in, that is the beginning of you moving toward acceptance and hopes for a more positive future.
In doing so, if you can recognize what stage you are in, that is the beginning of you moving toward acceptance and hopes for a more positive future.
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