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The Five Stages of Grief The five stages of grief include denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. An according to the Kubler-Ross model, there is order to them and are necessary to be comprehended as a reference to grief instead of a guide. Mourning a loved one is an intimate and
difficult experience for each individual and when going through this or being supportive of someone going through it becomes very emotional and confusing. In addition, these emotions are
also forward steps in the healing process even when it’s difficult to process in the moment; it takes time and patience. The Kubler-Ross Model is a theory of the five stages of grief and was created by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross a Swiss American Physiatrist; these five emotional reactions to
loss are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance and are also referred to as the “five
stages of death,” (Casabianca, 2021). The Meaning of Death
Philosophically, death is defined as the idea the separation of the soul from the body and is the irreversible loss of functioning of the organism. In addition, the medical meaning of death is defined as an individual who has sustained ither the irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory function or irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem to be dead (Sarbey, 2016). Wolterstorff’s Experience The five stages of grief include denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. When Wolterstorff loses his loved one the first thing, the experiences is denial. He touches the cheek of his loved one and does not understand how it happened or what exactly death means. After the death of his son, he tries to find happiness in the world; Wolterstorff son had died in a hiking accident at the age of 25. When he received the call about his son Eric Wolterstorff was in
