Beware the Five Stages of Grief
http://www.counselingforloss.com/article8.htm
As often happens, a meme (idea) gets popularlized and then it is hard to get out of the public psyche. This has particularly happened many times in the psychological arena, and the idea of the "Five Stages of Grief" (Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance) is a prime example. These stages have been applied to everthing from death of a loved one to job loss and breaking up with a boyfriend. The original studies by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, from who these stages evolved, are not free of criticisms and the stages were to be applied to grief on hearing news about one's own terminal illness. I agree with the criticisms of this link, and believe responding to loss and life changes is much more complex than can be captured by a little five part meme. (Check out the whole site while you are there -- it is an excellent resource that everyone could use at least sometime in their life.)
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