When faced with the unacceptable — the death of a child, the destruction of one’s life work, the collapse of social order or one’s belief system — there is a natural response, a pattern of grief, that follows a more or less predictable pathway. The first step is denial, according to noted psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler Ross.This couldn’t happen. Someone made a mistake.
Letter: We must cope with the grief, accept climate change
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