Saturday, June 17, 2006

Found this...

The 5 stages of Grief:

DENIAL, ANGER, BARGAINING, DEPRESSION, ACCEPTANCE

  • Any Change Of Circumstance can cause us to go through this process.
  • We don't have to go through the stages in sequence. We can skip a stage or go through two or three simultaneously.
  • We can go through them in different time phases. It could take maybe 5 to 10 minutes, 5 to 10 seconds. or it could take years.
  • The intensity and duration of the reaction depends on how significant the change-produced loss is perceived.

It is mentioned that Grieving only begins where the 5 Stages of "Grief" leave off. Grief professionals often use the concept of "Grief Work" to help the bereaved through grief resolution. One common definition of Grief Work is summarized by the acronym TEAR:


T = To accept the reality of the loss

E = Experience the pain of the loss

A = Adjust to the new environment without the lost object

R = Reinvest in the new reality

This begins when the honeymoon period is over, the friends have stopped calling, everyone thinks you should be over it, the court case is resolved, "closure" has been effected, and everything is supposed to be back to normal. It's at this point that real grieving begins

The first step of Grief Work is ACCEPTANCE

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