5 stages of grief
This is my third week of mental health and I am loving it. This is the one specialty that my dad told me not to go into, but I gotta say, it's growing on me. Cheapskate I am, I get free consultation almost every day, by experienced psychiatrists. It's almost therapeutic, even though those consultations were meant for the patients, and not me. There are just so many things that I could relate to, regardless of what disorders we were discussing. Eating disorders, PTSD, drug and alcohol dependence, almost everything.
But today, I am going to teach you, what the psychiatrist taught me last week. 5 stages of grief. I reflect back on how I felt when I was faced with significant events in my life, and I totally approve this theory.
First stage: Denial
Everything feels surreal. Battling with yourself, that this is not happening. This can't be happening. You gather evidences, alibi and proofs in your head, but it still doesn't make any sense.
Second stage: Anger
You start pointing fingers to people, trying to blame someone for it. You'll try to find a valid reason to be angry, even to the tiniest littlest detail.
Third stage: Bargaining
You beg or plead and offer everything, for another chance or for just one more day. Trying to undo the damages that have been done.
Fourth stage: Depression
When anger is too hard to maintain, bargaining didn't seem to work out to give the thing you pleaded for, you went into depression. You isolate yourself, you feel sad, what feels like it's the end of the world.
Fifth stage: Acceptance
This stage is when everything starts making sense, and you realize that no one is to blame and there's nothing you can do to change what's happened. You'll let go and move into acceptance.
Ya Allah, grant me strength.Amiin.
But today, I am going to teach you, what the psychiatrist taught me last week. 5 stages of grief. I reflect back on how I felt when I was faced with significant events in my life, and I totally approve this theory.
First stage: Denial
Everything feels surreal. Battling with yourself, that this is not happening. This can't be happening. You gather evidences, alibi and proofs in your head, but it still doesn't make any sense.
Second stage: Anger
You start pointing fingers to people, trying to blame someone for it. You'll try to find a valid reason to be angry, even to the tiniest littlest detail.
Third stage: Bargaining
You beg or plead and offer everything, for another chance or for just one more day. Trying to undo the damages that have been done.
Fourth stage: Depression
When anger is too hard to maintain, bargaining didn't seem to work out to give the thing you pleaded for, you went into depression. You isolate yourself, you feel sad, what feels like it's the end of the world.
Fifth stage: Acceptance
This stage is when everything starts making sense, and you realize that no one is to blame and there's nothing you can do to change what's happened. You'll let go and move into acceptance.
Ya Allah, grant me strength.Amiin.
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