Beyond the Five Stages: Modern Bereavement Theory and the Non-Linear Nature of Grief
For many years, grief was explained through stage-based models. The most well-known is Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s “five stages of grief”—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. While this framework gave people language to talk about loss, modern research shows that grief is far more complex. It does not follow a straight line, and people do not “complete” stages in order. Instead, grief is multidimensional, fluid, and deeply personal.
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