On acceptance

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For ladyvox and misschili

According to the Kübler-Ross model, the five stages to dealing with grief and/or dying are Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance. They do not necessarily happen in that order and a person may be coping with two stages at once, revert to previous stages over and over, and perhaps never achieve the final stage. Although

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[gale_storm]

Thanks for mentioning that -- despite doubt that these stages exist, the feelings do exist, especially in people who are having to deal with losing *themselves*, not to death, but to having to live in a completely different way than I had previously thought I would.