1. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s 5 stages of Grief

2. The stages, popularly known by the acronym DABDA, include
Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance.

3. DENIAL “I feel fine.” “This can’t be happening, not to me.”
Refusing to believe the individual is sick.
- Temporary defense (Defense Mechanism)
Can be conscious or unconscious refusal to accept facts

4. ANGER “Why me? It’s not fair” “Who is to blame?”
Recognizes that denial can’t continue
Patient displays anger that they are sick
Patient is difficult to care for due to misplaced feelings of rage & envy

5. BARGAINING “I’ll do anything for a few more years if..”
Involves the hope that the patient can somehow
postpone or delay death
Making a deal
Rarely provides a sustainable solution
Especially if it’s a matter of life or death.

6. DEPRESSION “I’m going to die soon..”
Feel sadness, regret, fear, and uncertainty
Begins to understand the certainty of death
Begins to accept situation
Spend much of the time crying and grieving
Allows diconnect from love & affection
Must be processed

7. ACCEPTANCE “It’s going to be okay.” “I may as well prepare for it.”
Last stage
Patient realizes death is inevitable
Accepts their fate.
- Can enter this stage a long time before they die.

8. 5 Stages of Grief Cycle

10. TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE Bereavement Mourning
- Psychological state of deprivation
- Feelings of grief and loss resulting from the death of loved one or friends.
Mourning
- What you do or refrain from doing after a loss
- Manner of displaying grief
(wooden crates, covering mirrors..)