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Stages Of Grief
In this world, grief and loss are
inevitable. This is an unfortunate
truth and is part of being only
human and a mere mortal.
It doesn’t matter how positive an
outlook you have on life – bad
things will happen to good
people, and when these things
happen, we need to let ourselves
go through the grief process.
It often helps to know that there is a
known process involved in coping
with loss and grief. You know that
you’re not alone and that you are
normal.
This helps you permit yourself to
grieve. And it is important to go
through the process.
If you block yourself off and don’t let
yourself walk the journey, this can
cause problems further down the
track – we deal with a number of
people using hypnotherapy who
have bottled up grief from an old
loss and have never fully released
it.
The process of grief was first
investigated formally in the 1960s
by Dr Elizabeth Kübler-Ross.
Of course, the grief process had
been informally explored by writers
throughout history, who had turned
their feelings into art.
Some of the more striking examples
of these works are “In Memoriam”
by Tennyson (written after a close
friend was drowned in a shipwreck)
and “A Grief Observed” by CS
Lewis (of Narnia fame), which was
written after the death of his wife
from cancer.
Dr Kübler-Ross looked at the
process of grief in the context of
death and dying. In fact, the book in
which she outlined the process was
called “On Death and Dying.”
She was mostly interested in people
who were suffering from terminal
illnesses as well as their family
members.
However, the process is similar no
matter why you have to go through
the process.
People have similar reactions
when faced with the other
tragedies of life:
divorce, redundancy, losing a home
through fire or some other natural
disaster, being diagnosed with a
long-term medical condition that
won’t go away, and even some
seemingly happy and successful
events, like having a child growing
up and moving out of the family
home.
All of the five stages are necessary
parts of the process.
In the case of severe loss, such as
death or divorce, the process can
become a cycle, repeating over and
over, although it becomes less
severe over time.
If you do not give yourself
permission to go through all the
stages, or if circumstances prevent
you from going through them
properly, some of the grief may be
blocked and bottled up.
For example, people going through
a natural disaster may feel that they
have to stay strong and calm so
they can help other people cope, or
so they can help with the rescue
effort.
This reaction is admirable and, in
many ways, helpful for others, but
the grief will still need to be
released – we’ve seen a lot of
people come for help from hypnosis
who have been through this.
Hypnotherapy can help you get
over grief.


More information at:


positivetranceformations.com.au

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Stages of grief

  • 2. In this world, grief and loss are inevitable. This is an unfortunate truth and is part of being only human and a mere mortal.
  • 3. It doesn’t matter how positive an outlook you have on life – bad things will happen to good people, and when these things happen, we need to let ourselves go through the grief process.
  • 4. It often helps to know that there is a known process involved in coping with loss and grief. You know that you’re not alone and that you are normal.
  • 5. This helps you permit yourself to grieve. And it is important to go through the process.
  • 6. If you block yourself off and don’t let yourself walk the journey, this can cause problems further down the track – we deal with a number of people using hypnotherapy who have bottled up grief from an old loss and have never fully released it.
  • 7. The process of grief was first investigated formally in the 1960s by Dr Elizabeth Kübler-Ross.
  • 8. Of course, the grief process had been informally explored by writers throughout history, who had turned their feelings into art.
  • 9. Some of the more striking examples of these works are “In Memoriam” by Tennyson (written after a close friend was drowned in a shipwreck) and “A Grief Observed” by CS Lewis (of Narnia fame), which was written after the death of his wife from cancer.
  • 10. Dr Kübler-Ross looked at the process of grief in the context of death and dying. In fact, the book in which she outlined the process was called “On Death and Dying.”
  • 11. She was mostly interested in people who were suffering from terminal illnesses as well as their family members.
  • 12. However, the process is similar no matter why you have to go through the process.
  • 13. People have similar reactions when faced with the other tragedies of life:
  • 14. divorce, redundancy, losing a home through fire or some other natural disaster, being diagnosed with a long-term medical condition that won’t go away, and even some seemingly happy and successful events, like having a child growing up and moving out of the family home.
  • 15. All of the five stages are necessary parts of the process.
  • 16. In the case of severe loss, such as death or divorce, the process can become a cycle, repeating over and over, although it becomes less severe over time.
  • 17. If you do not give yourself permission to go through all the stages, or if circumstances prevent you from going through them properly, some of the grief may be blocked and bottled up.
  • 18. For example, people going through a natural disaster may feel that they have to stay strong and calm so they can help other people cope, or so they can help with the rescue effort.
  • 19. This reaction is admirable and, in many ways, helpful for others, but the grief will still need to be released – we’ve seen a lot of people come for help from hypnosis who have been through this.
  • 20. Hypnotherapy can help you get over grief. More information at: positivetranceformations.com.au