Do the five stages of grief always follow a specific order?

as a trained Chaplain I say no.

In fact many people do not even take part in some of the stages.

In time I found that people will fall into at least one of those Parts of Grief - some will fall into all of them over time.

Most do not follow any prescibed order.

BTW - I did my intership in Hospice. Now I work in Fire/EMS/Police.

grief is a very strange thing and is different for most people. it does tend to run in stages but that is not always the case and each stage can be different for each person. some people totally block the grief only for it to come and bit them in the a** later on.

It is perfectly normal to go back and forth through all of the stages when you're grieving.

Denial is usually the first. I think it's our mind's way of protecting us from the horror and finality of what has happened and the things we have to get through first.

There are seven stages of grief. They do follow a specific order although the time in each step varies depending on the person who is grieving. In actuality the amount of time needed for grieving depends on the factors of the relationship of the mourner to the deceased, the age of the mourner, and clearly the mourners personality

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