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The "Grief Follows Five Stages" Error

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It is an error to treat the five responses as a fixed sequence that every grieving person passes through in order.

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Studies of bereaved people find varied patterns, skipped responses, and returns to earlier ones.

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The staged reading turns a description into a schedule, which leaves grieving people feeling they are doing it wrong.

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