Stage 1: Denial
This is a common defense mechanism and helps numb you to the intensity of the situation.
What are the three stages of denial?
Stages of grief
- Denial – The first reaction is denial. ...
- Anger – When the individual recognizes that denial cannot continue, they become frustrated, especially at proximate individuals. ...
- Bargaining – The third stage involves the hope that the individual can avoid a cause of grief.
What are the 5 grief stages?
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. A Swiss-American psychiatrist and pioneer of studies on dying people, Kübler-Ross wrote "On Death and Dying," the 1969 book in which she proposed the patient-focused, death-adjustment pattern, the "Five Stages of Grief." Those stages are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
