US COVID19 Kbler-Ross grief journey:

[kpete]

US #COVID19 Kübler-Ross grief journey:
- Denial: not taking #coronavirus seriously
- Anger: frustration about mitigation measures
- Depression: reality sinks in; virus is everywhere
- Bargaining: struggling to cope w/ new reality
- Acceptance: finally, mobilizing to fight virus

It should be noted that not all grief progressions are linear. Often, people will bounce back and forth between stages. Certain words, visions, scents or sounds can act as triggers that cause a regression in the process.

This isn’t just a local phenomenon, and each person’s experience is different. The goal at once is singular and collective though: If we come together as a community on social media and through video chat or texting, we can help each other through the worst.



https://www.sprucegroveexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-surviving-a-pandemic-like-grieving

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[MuseRider]

1. I am not sure those protesting

the small protections we have in place are smart enough to crawl their way out of the depression stage. They are thriving on the anger and if they ever pass that to depression I think they will go back to anger. Those are emotions that need no thinking and thinking is obviously a big problem for them. To bargain and accept you have to be able to problem solve and think your way out of the depression by admitting you are not the correct answer, there is something else. Not sure that is possible for them. I think they like where they are in their anger.

[Butterflylady]

2. Read her book on 5 stages of dying and it was very enlightening.

If you ever have a chance, please read it.

[panader0]

3. My ex-wife met Kubler-Ross and admired her tremendously.

She (the ex) worked as a grief counselor for kids dying of leukemia.
Often, it seemed, the kids would hang onto life until the parents reached
the acceptance stage, then die.