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?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Adding to what others here have said about it not necessarily being a linear progression:

You might switch back and forth between different “stages”. You might feel some things in parallel. You might go through those feelings in a completely different order than someone else. You might not experience all the feelings. You might never reach some of them.