The Kubler-Ross Model - now known widely as the "Stages of Grief" and originally identified in 1969 in her book "On Death and Dying" were first applied (accurately, in my opinion) to ANY CATASTROPHIC PERSONAL LOSS.
Denial: Example - "I feel fine."; "This can't be happening, not to me!"
Anger: Example - "Why me? It's not fair!" "NO! NO! How can this happen!"
Bargaining: Example - "Just let me live to see my children graduate."; "I'll do anything, can't you stretch it out? A few more years."
Depression: Example - "I'm so sad, why bother with anything?"; "I'm going to die . . . What's the point?"
Acceptance: Example - "It's going to be OK."; "I can't fight it, I may as well prepare for it."
I think you can see easily where you are in those stages although you can move through different stages multiple times before you truly get to the last one.
There is no lesson to learning HOW to heal, Frank.
