Explain The Five Stages Of Grief

The five stages of griefs have been experienced by thousands of people around the world. Grief does not need a language and it is not based upon country, language or cultures it is a feeling that connects everybody even if it is lived differently. The loss of someone you loved or care about is a process that takes time and everybody experiences it different. Dr. Elizabeth Kübler-Ross proposed the five stages of grief that might be experience in any order and different intensity (Axelrod, 2016). The first stage is Denial and Isolation: First reaction when you happened to find out someone you loved passed away is asking telling yourself this is not happening or this can not be true. Our brain immediately reacts with a self defend mechanism and this is why denial of what is happening occurs. The second stage is Anger: Once the denial feelings starts to wear off reality bring us into our feet and that when angers takes
Depending of culture background each stage can be lived in a different way. An example of this is how a lot of American tends to refugee themselves in work after losing a loved one. Which means they are not attempting to heal themselves by going trough the stages of grief and loss but in state getting stuck in the denial stage by ignoring the situation or keeping their minds busy. On the other hand, people from Greece and China is done my making it public and lamenting among family, neighbors and friends (O'Rourke, 2010). which can be put in the depression or even the bargaining stage where people communicate to others their wishes of how things cold of been and how they want God to give them strength to continue. Cultures have changed and traditions too but the fact that losing a loved one is along process taking different by everyone has not. Grief stages are lived differently and some people don’t even get to the point of completing all five especially the acceptance