There are five stages of grief and ones that many who are grieving will experience. The first stage is denial, you will start to think that it’s not true or you’ll say to yourself ‘this can’t be happening to me’ and you’ll constantly talk negatively to yourself. You don’t want to accept the fact it’s happened, you think it’s a lie and constantly tell that to yourself.

The next stage is anger; you’ll feel a heightened amount of anger when grieving. You’ll be angry at the fact you couldn’t do anything. You’ll wonder who is to blame, you might even be angry at them in a degree because they left you behind. Or you could feel angry about the way they passed away, if they had an illness, you’ll feel angry at that. The next stage is bargaining, getting into that cycle of asking to bring them back and you’ll do anything for that. Saying ‘If I could have them back, I’ll stop drinking’. It’s that stage of exchanging one thing or act for another.

The fourth stage is depression, which is sometimes the most difficult part. You’ll start to fall into this pit, this pit where you physically can’t feel yourself ever being happy again. You’ll lose all motivation to be able to do anything and constantly put yourself down. You’ll feel a range of emotions throughout the process and depression will be one of them. It’s a hard part of the process to go through as it takes a huge negative impact on your mental health negatively but also your physical health.