Steps in the grieving process
Claudia passed away this morning. The funeral's this weekend and, as with all things of this nature, I find myself in the process of self-discovery. For most people, the stages of grief goes something like denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.
For me it goes like this:
Step 1) have no opinion on anything.
Step 2) be irritable. Knowing that you are irrationally irritable, limit your contact and conversation with everyone. (Isolation fo' so)
Step 3) Eat everything in sight.
Step 4) Maybe cry, maybe not.
Step 5) Sleep.
Step 6) Repeat steps in any order as necessary.
When the grief is caused by a death, there's really no anger or denial at all.
I'm about to engage is the sleep step. Maybe I'll wake up in time for class, maybe I won't. I'm not too concerned either way (step 1).
(I appreciate my ironic icon usage.)
For me it goes like this:
Step 1) have no opinion on anything.
Step 2) be irritable. Knowing that you are irrationally irritable, limit your contact and conversation with everyone. (Isolation fo' so)
Step 3) Eat everything in sight.
Step 4) Maybe cry, maybe not.
Step 5) Sleep.
Step 6) Repeat steps in any order as necessary.
When the grief is caused by a death, there's really no anger or denial at all.
I'm about to engage is the sleep step. Maybe I'll wake up in time for class, maybe I won't. I'm not too concerned either way (step 1).
(I appreciate my ironic icon usage.)