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The Five Stages of Grief: An Examination of the Kubler-Ross Model
We all face grief at some point in our lives
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Children may be mourning a divorce, a lady may be grieving her husband's
death, a teenager may be grieving the loss of a romance, or you may have gotten terrible medical
news and are grieving your death
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Kübler-Ross, a Swiss psychiatrist, initially described her five-stage grief model in her book “On Death
and Dying”
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Specifically, individuals who studied her model
incorrectly assumed that this is the particular sequence in which people mourn and that everyone
goes through all stages
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Others, however, may just go through two phases rather than all
five, one stage, three stages, and so on
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Denial
Denial is a stage that might initially assist you in surviving the loss
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You begin to deny the news and, as a
result, become numb
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If you were diagnosed with
a fatal condition, you may assume that the news is erroneous - that a mistake must have occurred
somewhere in the lab–that they mixed up your blood work with someone else's
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During the denial stage, you are not living in 'actual reality,' but rather in a 'preferable reality
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Denial assists in the pacing of your grieving sensations
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Consider it your body's natural defensive system stating, "Hey, there's only so much I can handle at
once
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Those sentiments that you
were previously suppressing are now bubbling to the surface
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This is a
frequent stage in which people wonder, "Why me? " and "life’s not fair! " You may want to blame
others for the source of your sadness, and you may also target your rage towards close friends and
relatives
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If you have strong faith, you may begin to doubt God's existence
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And stir up the wrath
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It is believed that even though you appear to be in an
unending cycle of anger, it will dissolve - and the more you experience the anger, the faster it will
dissipate and the faster you will recover
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We are usually encouraged in everyday life to restrain our anger toward events and against individuals
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Your life has been broken, and there is nothing substantial to cling to
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During a grieving event, you may feel
forsaken or abandoned
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In this world, you are alone
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It
is a "thing," something to cling onto — a natural stage in the healing process
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" This is a form of bargaining
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You may delude yourself into thinking that you can avoid the sadness by some sort of bargaining
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You are so anxious to bring your life back to how it was before the
grieving event that you are prepared to undertake a big life adjustment to achieve some semblance
of normalcy
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This is when you have to deal with the never-ending "what if"
scenarios
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What
if I had urged him to go to the doctor six months earlier, as I had originally planned? Cancer could have
been discovered sooner, and he could have been saved
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Because depression is a "present" emotion, most
people quickly identify it with sadness
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You may retreat from life,
feel numb, live in a fog, and not want to get out of bed at this point
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You don't want to be around
others, don't want to converse, and are filled with pessimism
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Not in the sense of "it's okay, my husband
died," but rather "my husband died, but I'm going to be okay
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You return to reality
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It's not "good,"
but it's something you can live with
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There are good days, awful days, and then some good days again
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However, the good days
outnumber the bad days
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You recognize that your loved one cannot
be replaced, yet you move, develop, and adapt to your new world
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The following are some of the most
frequent symptoms of grief:
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Crying
Headaches
Difficulty Sleeping
Questioning the Purpose of Life
Questioning Your Spiritual Beliefs (e
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, your belief in God)
Feelings of Detachment
Isolation from Friends and Family
Abnormal Behavior
Worry
Anxiety
Frustration
Guilt
Fatigue
Anger
Loss of Appetite
Aches and Pains
Stress

Treatment of Grief
The most prevalent approaches to managing sorrow have been drug prescriptions and participation
in therapy
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Sedatives,
antidepressants, and anti-anxiety drugs may be prescribed to assist you to get through the day
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This therapy area frequently raises disagreements in the medical community
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That is, if a
doctor gives anti-anxiety or sedative medication, you are not genuinely experiencing sorrow in its

entirety; rather, you are being sedated from it, potentially interfering with the five stages of grief and
ultimate acceptance of the truth
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Unresolved sorrow can be worked with with the
aid of support groups, bereavement groups, or individual therapy
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That is, you are having
difficulty functioning and require assistance to get back on track
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Although the Kubler-Ross Model is a tried and tested guideline,
there is no right or wrong way to work through your sorrow, and it is typical for your own experience
to differ as you progress through the grieving process
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If you have suicidal thoughts, feelings of
detachment lasting more than two weeks, a sudden behavior change, or suspect you are suffering
from depression, see a doctor straight once

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