Are the 5 stages of grief a real thing? How can every human experience the same emotions in the same order after a tragedy?

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Are the 5 stages of grief a real thing? How can every human experience the same emotions in the same order after a tragedy?

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Answer 1

The Kubler-Ross model was taken out of context and has since been found to be problematic. That’s to say, your gut instinct is right. People generally do run through the described emotions but don’t do so linearry.