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'Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: The rise and fall of the five stages of grief'
« on: July 03, 2020, 10:04:17 AM »
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Re: 'Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: The rise and fall of the five stages of grief'
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2020, 10:13:18 AM »
Bit of a self-fulfilling prophesy, perhaps - we're continually told about the five stages, so when we grieve, we obediently go through them.
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Re: 'Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: The rise and fall of the five stages of grief'
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2020, 10:20:43 AM »
Quote from: Constable Dogberry on July 03, 2020, 10:13:18 AM
Bit of a self-fulfilling prophesy, perhaps - we're continually told about the five stages, so when we grieve, we obediently go through them.
Which is probably their drawback. As the article covers, the problem is that in calling them stages, It then creates the idea of an onward journey.
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