The Five Stages of Grief/ How do we Counter Grief

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was the psychologist who first presented this model of grief in 1969. Later although this model was rejected due to inefficient proofs, but still it holds a significant importance while discussing about stages of grief. According to this model a person goes through these stages after some major (sometimes Shocking) happening of their life. Let's explore how many stages are there and what they represent.

 1. Denial:

The first stage of the grief is denial. In this stage, individuals believe that the incident hasn’t occurred and they are somehow mistaken. Basically, they cling to a false aspect of reality. They believed that "the happening is not possible". In this phase, individuals reject the reality and attach themselves with a false perception of that reality.

 2. Anger:

This is the second stage and ultimately the direct result of denial. When the individual recognizes that denial cannot continue, they become frustrated, this frustration came out in form of "Anger". This can occur in the proximity of that individual or sometimes, the people or the things around him/her.

   3. Bargaining:

Bargaining is the third stage, which involves the hope that the individual can avoid a cause of grief. Usually, this stage includes negotiations with the concerned individual or group. This bargaining sometimes includes changing some aspects or habits of the individual.  This stage is crucial because the individual becomes more than ready to compromise. 

 4. Depression:

Depression is the fourth stage and in this stage individual loses his interest in different chores of life. People in this stage lose the meaning of their life; they felt as the life has ended for them. It results in an individual who is gloomy, heartbroken and sullen. The intensity of depression depends upon the intensity of grief. Sometimes, at this stage, people tend to commit suicide and stuff because they felt that they lost the reason of their life.

 5. Acceptance:

In this last stage, individuals embrace things as they are and hope for an inevitable future. Individuals at this stage believed that "everything will be alright". People finally reached at a stable condition of emotions and tries to go on with his life. Acceptance doesn't heal them completely but it gives them the courage to smile on the life in front of them.

A person goes through these stages to get back to his life. After all these stages the person usually accepts that he cannot change what has happened, and with this thought, he started living his life again but he pursue it with new happiness and new dreams😀.