Is sadness the last stage of grief or does it come before acceptance?

Answer 1

Denial (this isn't happening to me!)

Anger (why is this happening to me?)

Bargaining (I promise I'll be a better person if...)

Depression (I don't care anymore)

Acceptance (I'm ready for whatever comes)

Answer 2

I would say sadness prevails throughout someones grief, but that it does come before acceptance. It takes a long time to get over losing a family member or a close friend and i dont think you ever do to be honest. Its just as you say, accept it, come to terms with it. That is when it gets easier and you realise that life must go on regardless, so keep your head up, there are much brighter days ahead.

Answer 3

Sadness is born out of an outcome that is not what you desire. So the basis of sadness is you. Your mind thinks that you need or not need a certain thing or a certain situation. If it works out, you are happy. If not, you are sad. All that you create whether consciously or unconsciously will come to bear fruit.

So, if you accept a certain situation, it means you have compromised. Surely sadness comes before acceptance but life is full of joy. So enjoy your very presence. Stop worrying about sadness, grief and 'acceptance' of it.

Answer 4

Sadness is a symptom of grief. Depending upon the gravity of sadness because this can be natural sometimes. Of course sadness comes before acceptance. Acceptance could be a resolution.

Answer 5

We all grieve differently. There is no order to grief. There are stages of grief that we go through, but we will go through them in no particular order - (and we may move from one stage to another and then return to a stage that we have already touched on and so on.
No two people will grieve in the same way throughout our process of healing.

Sadness however, may likely be a companion all throughout the process, with a lot of accompanying sadness at first and then decreasing over time.

Keep feeling... and keep healing.

Blessings.

Answer 6

The stages are:

1. Denial: The initial stage: "It can't be happening."
2. Anger: "Why ME? It's not fair!" (either referring to God, oneself, or anybody perceived, rightly or wrongly, as "responsible")
3. Bargaining: "Just let me live to see my child(ren) graduate."
4. Depression: "I'm so sad, why bother with anything?"
5. Acceptance: "It's going to be OK."

Kübler-Ross originally applied these stages to any form of catastrophic personal loss (job, income, freedom). This also includes the death of a loved one and divorce. Kübler-Ross also claimed these steps do not necessarily come in the order noted above, nor are all steps experienced by all patients, though she stated a person will always experience at least two.

Answer 7

When my father died, I accepted right from the beginning that he died due to his poor health, but the sadness lingered for a long time. My father died over 2 years ago, and I still get a sad thought even if I hear a song that he used to like, as I just miss him. I guess you cope in different ways, but it is natural to feel sad when you miss someone so much. Life goes on and you get past the sadness knowing you have so much life in you that needs to live.

Answer 8

I learned about it in school and don't remember the exact order but I know that when my mom died sadness came before acceptance. It also stays there. How can you not be sad about something like that? Even after you've accepted that it's real.

Answer 9

Sadness usually come and goes throughout but it's less painful after you come to terms and accept the situation

From time to time you will think about it and you will get sad but you'll forget about it and move on because it doesn't hurt as bad as it did

Answer 10

If you question is on the therotical lines.....I don't know the answer.

If you questioned it out of pain.........best is to get up from there and go around.

If you ask me, I do not ponder over grief, pain, sadness when they happen to me. I would rather prefer to find a solution to it on the practical lines. I just don't try to be sentimental.

Not sure, if I had made any sense here.
:-)

Answer 11

Shock
Grief
Saddness
Acceptance

4 steps in mourning the loss of marriage, partnership, death.
Each step takes it's own sweet time to come in, stay, & be released... When getting over a tramatic event in your life, it takes as long as it takes. In my hearaches I learned to let each emotion flow... I didn't stiffle any part. At the end of it all I was a much better person & didn't hang on to the negitivity or baggage.