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Me Before You by Jojo Moyes/ A Reading Experience

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  Me Before You by Jojo Moyes is such a novel that kept my crying for days. Many of you may have seen this in the form of movie. But for me, novels are more inspiring than movies because it leads your imagination to wander in various directions. In movies, our imagination is confined to what’s happening on the big screen, and that’s it. However, I am not here to talk about the differences between movies and novels. So,  as for as this novel is concerned, it kept in on the edge of my seat because I was anticipating something new all the time. The element of mystery was profoundly present about whether the “Will” will commit suicide or not. He is a quadriplegic, he got in an accident and he met the heroine who was hired for taking care of him. Louisa Clark, twenty-six years old, an ordinary girl, the change in her after meeting “Will” was immense.  First, their relationship started with a few fights (as usual), but then everything settled between them. She star...

The Five Stages of Grief/ How do we Counter Grief

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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 frustrati...