The five stages of grief and loss or mourning are typically being felt and experienced by the people from the moment that they have lost someone special and someone important in their lives, and these stages include the acts and the feelings of acceptance, denial, and isolation, anger, bargaining, and depression. The stages of grief and mourning is also being experienced by the individuals who have just learned that they have a terminal illness, and these stages may not occur or felt or experienced by the individual accordingly or specifically in order. Denial and isolation is one of the stages of loss and grief for being in denial is recognized as a common defense mechanism of every human beings, and they often isolate themselves from the world to feel numb and avoid any emotions from occurring within them. Bargaining occurs when the people would produce or create if only statements, while anger is when the people would feel resentment and blame their loved ones who have left them. There are basically two kinds of depression stage, such as a reaction to any practical implications that may be related to their loss, and reaction that is subtle and private. The acceptance stage, on the other hand, is when the people can already cope up with the reality and the truth that one of the important individuals in their lives are already dead.
Coping up with the fact or the reality that their loved one has already passed away may involve their acts of understanding that their beloved is already out of pain and in a much better place, and the right or the best way to cope up with this is to remember and remind themselves that the memories that they’ve shared before will forever be engraved on their minds. The ultimate guide that can help the people in dealing with the death of their loved one include stop and prevent yourself from judging one’s self, especially when you get to accept this reality immediately for each of us may respond differently; it is also best to plan a proper celebration of the loved ones’ life when he or she is still alive, for doing such activities can help you make yourself busy; and lastly, we should always remember that there is no rulebook on how a person or individual should deal with their loved ones’ death. Keeping or making yourself busy is considered as a common method of the people to accept the fact that their loved one is already gone, and that is by deciding what to do when planning the memorial service.