Look what I learned in college...!

For all of you who have had Psych 101, maybe you remember the stages of grief? Or the Grief Cycle. Here, I'll jog your memory. According to Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, whenever you have a loss (no matter how large or small) in your life you "grieve" and go through the following stages:



Shock stage: Initial paralysis at hearing the bad news.
Denial stage: Trying to avoid the inevitable.
Anger stage: Frustrated outpouring of bottled-up emotion.
Bargaining stage: Seeking in vain for a way out.
Depression stage: Final realization of the inevitable.
Testing stage: Seeking realistic solutions.
Acceptance stage: Finally finding the way forward.

Here's a lil' game for you. The Terry Schaivo case is just FLOODING the airwaves. You can't change the channel without hearing abt whatever events are transpiring. Anyhow, the newspeeps love interviewing people on the spot. Try to guess what stage of grief they are in! Here's my quick evaluation:

Her parents - denial
Michael Schaivo - acceptance
Right wing nuts - anger
Jeb Bush - Stupidity (oh wait... that's not a stage...)
Terry Schaivo - mmm... I heard her mouth the words "I want to die..." so that puts her in acceptance!

Try it for yourself! And then try it with your friends and family! Definitely a great way to piss people off with some unlicensed psychoanalysis!