educed energy, lack of motivation, bewilderment, disorientation and loss of perspective.
Stage 2. Intense grief (several months)---periodic crying, confusion, and inability to understand what has actually happened.
Stage 3. Gradual reawakening of interest---acceptance of reality of loved one's death and all it means.
Stage 1. Shock--physical and emotional shock; real and unreal worlds collide.
Stage 2. Disorganization---person feels totally out of touch with ordinary proceedings of life.
Stage 3. Volatile emotion---mourner unleashes volatile emotions, upsetting those around him or her.
Stage 4. Guilt---mourner feels guilty and depressed.
Stage 5. Loss and loneliness---may be the most painful stage.
Stage 6. Relief---may be difficult for mourner to acknowledge and openly adjust.
Stage 7. Reestablishment---friends become important at this stage.
Stage 1. Denial (from time of death up to one month)
Stage 2. False acceptance (from 1-2 months)
Stage 3. Pseudoreorganization (from 2-3 months)
Stage 4. Depression (from 3 to 8 months)
Stage 5. Reorganization/acceptance (8 months and longer)
Stage 1. Reaction---period of initial shock when news of death is encountered, shock followed by numbness and a dazed lack of feeling, bewilderment, anger, and attempts to make sense of loss.
Stage 2. Disorganization and reorganization---reality sets in; bereaved is disappointed and the loss cannot be recovered.
Stage 3. Reorientation and recovery---person reorganizes the symbolic world and gives the deceased a new identity outside the world of the survivor.
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*Source: L.R. Aiken (1994). Dying, Death, and Bereavement. (3rd ed.) Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
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