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Do you think the 5 stages of grief apply to when relationships end?

By the 5 stages of grief, i am referring to Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 7 months ago (2 minutes after post)

yes in a quick answer, but its more complicated than that obviously ;)

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 7 months ago (7 minutes after post)

ayc wrote:
yes in a quick answer, but its more complicated than that obviously ;)

I agree. I just wish they could go in that order because I am all over the place these days. :-/

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 7 months ago (11 minutes after post)

ahh, the sticking point, grief is loss for life, selfishly or not, its easier on people to lose soemthing to death, than it is to lose them to life and see them walking around living and maybe who knows, actually enjoying themselves =/
sorry, thats simplistic too, but kinda just pointing out one of the differences.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 7 months ago (12 minutes after post)

That’s very helpful, thank you. I think that’s exactly it.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 7 months ago (15 minutes after post)

ok, thanks =], but that doesn’t mean you can’t torment them by living your life and totally enjoying it even more than them ;) thats kinda ok if you are heart broken, its just sweet revenge ;P nothing to worry about ;)

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 7 months ago (49 minutes after post)

I do think those all apply, like the stages may take different times to overcome, but it basically all happens. It would be great, though, if the persons realized that they’re actually passing through these stages and perhaps skip a few which could make their loves worse

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 7 months ago (1 hour, 11 minutes after post)

i think they apply, but for me they are never in the typical order. i usually being with bargaining- trying to win the person back over and then i wind up being depressed. im not sure denial applies because its kind of hard to deny something like that happening as it would have such an impact on your daily life. youve just unfortunately got to wait it out and let your emotions level. i understand how hard it is but youve just got to be strong and know focus on what good things you do have in your life. also, a god cry can help move on. the worst thing you can do it bottle it all up and hide from your own feelings.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 7 months ago (1 hour, 36 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:
It’s funny you say that because this site puts that topic (relationships breaking up) under ‘grief &loss’
http://www.helpguide.org/mental/copin…

It’s a pretty good site.

Thanks, that is very helpful!

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