What are the stages of grief "denial, anger...'?

Question

Are they in a particular order?

Answer 1

The stages were originally coined by Elizabeth Kubler Ross.

They are: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance

Everyone grieves differently and goes through each stage at their own pace. It could take months or years.

Answer 2

I think I've heard they're shock, denial, anger, despair, and acceptance.

While the above may differ from what others on here have said, I do know for sure that people are said to experience these stages of grief sometimes in different order.

Answer 3

Grief is a multi-faceted response to loss. Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss, it also has a physical, cognitive, behavioural, social and philosophical dimensions.
Some researchers such as Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and others have posited sequential stages including denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance, which are commonly referred to as the "grief cycle".
As research progressed over the past 40 years, many who worked with the bereaved found stage models too simplistic and instead began to look at processes, dynamics, and experiences common to all. John Bowlby, a noted psychologist, outlined the ebb and flow of processes such as Shock and Numbness, Yearning and Searching, Disorganization and Despair, and Reorganization:

Shock and numbness
Feelings of unreality, depersonalization, withdrawal, and an anesthetizing of affect. These feelings often occur early in grief, and may be a self-protective way of getting through the facts of the death. Persons often remark on how someone appears stoic or strong when they are actually in shock.

Yearning and searching
The grieving person tries to locate the lost person. Normally this is a functional endeavor, as the 'lost' person is found, but in bereavement the searching is fruitless. This process has also been referred to as 'pining.' Common reactions include feelings and even cognitions of 'seeing' the deceased for fleeting moments, hearing the door at the time they used to come home, or even incorrectly 'finding' the person, for example in a crowd, although intellectually realizing this is not so. Actually feeling that one 'sees' or 'hears' the deceased ranges in report from 90% in Asian cultures to 10-15% in western cultures, although this may be more a factor of reporting bias than of actual experience. This process appears to be an attempt of the person to cognitively and emotionally begin to let go, by coming to terms with the reality of the loss.

Disorganization and despair
These are the processes we normally associate with bereavement, the mourning and severe pain of being away from the loved person. There are no easy answers to assuage this difficult experience: it must simply be endured, although it may take years of all of the above experiences overlapping, waxing and waning before the last process takes place.

Reorganization
Reorganization is the assimilation of the loss and redefining of life and meaning without the deceased. Many times, in widowhood, one is so much a part of their spouse, that new definitions of identity must take place for healing. For the elderly after a lifetime of defining themselves in terms of their marriage relationships, this may take the rest of their lives.

Answer 4

I believe its denial,anger then grief but each person handles grief differently. There is no right or wrong. Whatever gets you through & don't let anyone tell you when,why & how to feel. It's all up to that person. Good luck

Answer 5

Every person's experience is unique, but there are some common reactions that may be experienced after any traumatic event. It is reassuring to know how others react in similar situations and that you experiences are normal and are part of the recovery process. Not everyone experiences the reactions to the same degree. Feelings experienced are shock, fears, sadness and anger. Effects on Behaviour include, Apprehension, Sleep disturbances, flashbacks,fear and anxiety, mood changes, cognitive problems, shame, guilt and self doubt, confusion all these feelings are normal and common.

Answer 6

go to google and type '7 stages of grief

Answer 7

bargaining and acceptance