Name: The 5 Stages of Grief
Uploaded: 2023-10-30T22:35:46.000Z
Duration: 3 min 49 s
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Losing something we love, or someone who is dear to us, can cause us a lot of pain.

To accept the loss and overcome the pain, we often go through five stages of grief.

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Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally acceptance.

When we experience a loss, we feel shocked and numb, and then simply deny what happened.

The refusal to accept the truth temporarily protects us from all the negative thoughts

Denial gives us a bit of room to breathe.

We feel furious and resentful, often blaming ourselves or others for the catastrophe.

We feel less vulnerable and more in control of the situation.

It is an attempt to regain control and negotiate the reality of the loss.

We try to make promises or seek outside solutions to somehow reverse the irreversible.

When the loss sinks in, Depression follows.

We go through feelings of sadness and despair.

As we face reality, depression can help us process our grief.

This does not mean we forget, but we find a way to integrate the loss into our life.

We may now honor the memories of those who have departed and look ahead, knowing that

Getting to acceptance, however, does not mean it is over.

Grief is a complex emotional response to loss, particularly the loss of someone we love or

something deeply meaningful — like a job.

This process is unique to each of us and is not always linear.

Often we cycle back, revisit stages or experience some entirely new emotions.

Sometimes it can feel like we are regressing, but with the support of others and each new

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, a psychiatrist who supported those facing their own death, observed

"The most beautiful people we have known are

those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found

What do you think? Have you ever experienced a significant loss in life?

And if so, did you go through these 5 stages or did you take another path to deal with

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