I don’t think these stages are currently accepted anymore as they are seen to be too rigid.
“Stages” was probably never the right word in the first place: they’re more like strategies we use to avoid acknowledging unpleasant truths, and therefore have no required order or progression between them.
“Stages” was probably never the right word in the first place: they’re more like strategies we use to avoid acknowledging unpleasant truths, and therefore have no required order or progression between them.