There is a lot of silliness written about the stages of grief.  Most of it confuses the real stages of grief with other things, such as coping patterns.

The real stages are:

Being Overwhelmed.  At this stage a person cycles through various coping mechanisms and emotional states.  None of them work.  Anger, bargaining, guilt, acceptance, depression, ( Read more... )

I decided to open up a live journal identity in order to post more easily on live journals when I visit.

This will also give people an easy place to post back to me if they don't feel like a public response.

Otherwise, my blog is at http://ethesis.blogspot.com/