May 28 2008
5 Stages of Grief
A few months ago I got an article published at SheKnows.com. You can view it here. It’s called the ‘5 Stages of Relationship Grief’. In the article I applied the 5 stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance) and related them to dealing with a breakup.
In the article I took a humorous approach, but these stages can be very serious for someone going through a rough breakup.
I remember times of being broken up with where I thought I would never be the same again. I thought that life without this person wasn’t worth being around for. I thought I would never love again.
But the pain passes, just like in these stages. Each person deals with things in their own way and in their own time. It may take longer than others, but eventually most of us get over things and move on. We move on and meet new people and realize that maybe things happened that way for a reason, in order for us to meet this great person we have now.
The pain we feel at the time of the breakup is real, but if we stick with it then it will eventually become part of the past. Part of the past that we rarely think about anymore.
