5/9/2023 0 Comments Good Grief by Lolly Winston![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Originally a five-stage model of grief, Kubler-Ross added two additional stages – shock and grief – in her book On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss. Now, these stages have been recognized as applicable to the surviving loved ones, as the grief experienced when you lose a loved one takes you down a similar emotional path. As a voluminous researcher of the near-death stage of life, she identified a pattern – a progression of emotions that was common in those facing a terminal diagnosis. The Stages of GriefĪuthor of the 1969 international bestseller On Death and Dying, Swiss-American psychiatrist Elizabeth Kubler-Ross first identified the original five-stage grief model. Still, it’s helpful to know the phases of grief, as they serve as a comfort and a guide. The ups and downs are unpredictable, and some days will be worse than others. It’s important to remember that grief is a process. Each small loss in a loved one’s ability or coherence can spark a fresh wave of grief. Losing someone to Alzheimer’s, for example, can be a gradual slipping away over years. ![]() It’s not just the final event of death that sparks this complex emotion. Grief can begin the moment a loved one is diagnosed with a terminal illness, becomes disabled, or suffers a life-changing injury. ![]()
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