Grief (This can pertain to both loss of life and ending of relationships)

• Feeling depressed because of a recent loss (of life or of a relationship)?
• Does your grief feel unmanageable or like it will never go away?
• Are you pulling away from people that are trying to help?
• Do you feel like you are living in a dream that you cannot wake up from?
  
• Are you concerned about your child or children's grief? Do you have parenting questions about grief?

According to Elizabeth Kubler-Ross (1969), there are 5 basic stages of grief:

1)Denial/Isolation
2)Anger
3)Bargaining
4)Depression
5)Acceptance

First, it should be understood that the 'final' stage, acceptance, does NOT mean that you forget the loss, or that you are happy about it . . . it simply means that you have made peace with the loss and have moved into a place where you can continue living your life in peace.  Read the rest of this article to learn more about healthy grieving.

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