![]() ![]() One time a month, for several months in a row, can be just enough to create an almost time-lapsed photography of loss…where it seems the the changes are occurring both quickly and slowly at the same time. It’s the point where the grief takes on a new form.Īs a facilitator of bereavement groups I’ve been in the unique position of seeing people as they shape-shift through their grief. It’s the feeling when the sadness feels well-worn and exhausted, and the well of tears has run dry. ![]() Yet, as the stages of grief suggest, there are commonalities found amongst grievers and if I were to add one final stage, I would add loneliness to the list.īecause even if “acceptance” is reached at some point, there is a lingering and long lasting side effect of loss…loneliness. Grief is too individual and too different from one person to the next. These days, experts in the field of grief and loss hesitate to offer anything that resembles a timeline for fear that it creates unrealistic expectations for how a griever “should” cope. The 5 Stages of Grief (as originally established by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross) may be one of the most widely sited tools of grief- it’s also one of the more misunderstood and questioned.
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