5 stages of grief - What's the correct order?

I know that the 1st stage is denial & the last one is acceptance. I presume that the 2nd, 3rd, & 4th stages are anger, bargaining, & depression. Would that generally be the correct order?

The stages Kubler-Ross identified are:

Denial (this isn't happening to me!)
Anger (why is this happening to me?)
Bargaining (I promise I'll be a better person if...)
Depression (I don't care anymore)
Acceptance (I'm ready for whatever comes)

There is no correct order. Different people go thru them differently, and many go back and forth thru some (i.e. not a straight line).

There is the 5 stages, but we all go through them at different times and at different levels.

Check out the website below, it seems to have a really good way of describing each and every stage.

I hope this helps.
Take care.

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