Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Life goes on....

The Kübler-Ross model describes, in five discrete stages, the process by which people deal with grief and tragedy.

  1. Denial
  2. Anger
  3. Bargaining
  4. Depression
  5. Acceptance

Kübler-Ross originally applied these stages to any form of catastrophic personal loss (job, income, freedom). This also includes the death of a loved one and divorce. Kübler-Ross also claimed these steps do not necessarily come in order, nor are they all experienced by all patients, though she stated a person will always experience at least two.

Others have noticed that any significant personal change can follow these stages.
[from Wikipedia]