I've noted several times I've experienced Kubler Ross type stages on matters not involving my impending demise.
{'Bargaining' gets a bit weird from an Atheist orbit, BTW}
Her book, On Death and Dying focuses on stages people go thru in their terminal illness, but for me, (and some of my friends) it's been surprising that looking at tragic (but not personally fatal) experiences can also be delineated into stages. Job loss, divorce, house burning down, amputation, etc. might all trigger some or all of the 'classic' steps; denial, bargaining, depression, confusion, anger, acceptance.
And then there is self-medication . . . . .
{'Bargaining' gets a bit weird from an Atheist orbit, BTW}
Her book, On Death and Dying focuses on stages people go thru in their terminal illness, but for me, (and some of my friends) it's been surprising that looking at tragic (but not personally fatal) experiences can also be delineated into stages. Job loss, divorce, house burning down, amputation, etc. might all trigger some or all of the 'classic' steps; denial, bargaining, depression, confusion, anger, acceptance.
And then there is self-medication . . . . .
