Recognizing Grief – Week 2

The stages of grief are as follows:

1. Shock / Denial. Disbelief and numb feelings
2. Pain / Guilt. Unbearable pain of loss and guilt for burdening others
3. Anger / Bargaining. Insisting to God that he removes the pain or fix
   the situation.
4. Depression. This may be when you try to isolate, processing the loss
5. Upward turn. Anger and pain have died down, you are calmer.
6. Reconstruction. You begin to piece together parts of your life. Move
   forward.
7. Acceptance / Hope. Acceptance of your new life sinks in with hope
   for the future.

This is the recovery process for loss, the process for healing and moving on.

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