Stages of Grief
- posted: Feb. 23, 2026
- Grief
- STAGES OF GRIEF:
- Denial. You may have difficulty accepting that a loss is real.
- Anger. You may direct anger at multiple sources, including people who couldn’t save a loved one, God, yourself — or even no one in particular.
- Bargaining. You may imagine reaching an agreement, so you don’t have to deal with a loss. You may also regret past actions that you imagine could’ve spared you from loss.
- Depression. You may experience the complex emotions associated with depression, including emotional detachment.
- Acceptance. Eventually, most people embrace the reality of loss even if the pain’s still there.
Many people reduce these stages to linear steps everyone must experience to grieve. But the stages aren’t (and were never intended to be) rules. Not everyone who grieves experiences these stages, and they don’t have to happen in any particular order.
- posted: Feb. 23, 2026
- Grief
- STAGES OF GRIEF:
- Denial. You may have difficulty accepting that a loss is real.
- Anger. You may direct anger at multiple sources, including people who couldn’t save a loved one, God, yourself — or even no one in particular.
- Bargaining. You may imagine reaching an agreement, so you don’t have to deal with a loss. You may also regret past actions that you imagine could’ve spared you from loss.
- Depression. You may experience the complex emotions associated with depression, including emotional detachment.
- Acceptance. Eventually, most people embrace the reality of loss even if the pain’s still there.
Many people reduce these stages to linear steps everyone must experience to grieve. But the stages aren’t (and were never intended to be) rules. Not everyone who grieves experiences these stages, and they don’t have to happen in any particular order.
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