Coping with loss

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Coping with loss
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• Have you ever lost something that could not be
  replaced?
• Even an athletic contest or a pet. These are all
  loses. So are breakups, rejection, death, loss of
  job, and death.

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• A GRIEF REACTION an individuals response to a
  major loss.
• -this reaction can take many forms and includes
  many stages from feelings of emptiness or deep
  sadness to feelings of intense anger.

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KUBLER-ROSS

• Dr. Elisabeth Kubler- Ross has done pioneering
  work on the subjects of death and dying.
• She created five emotional stages that people go
  through as they grieve.
• May be experienced by anyone suffering a major
  loss.

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• 1. Denial
• 2. Anger
• 3. Bargaining
• 4. Depression
• 5. Acceptance

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DENIAL

• Stage one.
• Initial reaction to any loss. In this stage, a
  person does not believe that the loss has
  occurred.
• A person feels isolated and lost.

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ANGER

• Stage two
• A person can no longer deny the loss or illness.
• why me
• A person may be critical, demanding or
  uncooperative.

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Bargaining

• Stage three
• A person may pray or promise to change if the
  lost object or person can be returned.

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Depression

• Stage four
• A period of grieving.
• Typically a quiet sadness.

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ACCEPTANCE

• Final stage
• Can involve sense of power, allowing the person
  to face reality in constructive ways.
• A coming to terms with the situation.

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• The stages do not necessarily occur in this order
  and in some circumstances all stages do not
  occur.
• Each person is different and handles loss
  differently
• The length of time people remain in a certain
  stage also varies.

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• CLOSURE-coming to an end of the most intense
  parts of the grieving process.
• Delayed grief response- putting off of the most
  intense stages of grief.

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