Five Stages of Grief

Can you name the five stages of grief, according to the Kübler-Ross model?

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First submitted	May 16, 2017
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Stage

Denial

Anger

Bargaining

Depression

Acceptance

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42 Comments

+348

Level 93

Jul 13, 2022

I did not just fail this quiz. I'm so mad at myself for doing so poorly! I'd give anything to have done better, ugh...I'm just so sad...but, what are you going to do? Life goes on...

+18

Level 92

Jul 13, 2022

Haha! I see what you did there.

Level 24

Dec 24, 2022

bot

+36

Level 52

Nov 3, 2022

i swear this is the only humourous comment on this entire website

Level 21

Sep 2, 2023

+40

Level 77

Jul 13, 2022

Obligatory note about how these stages are not sequential, not all-inclusive nor universal. Everyone deals with tragedy a bit differently.

Level 51

May 3, 2024

i remember when my dad's friend passed away in 2020

i experienced denial for a long time

It was mainly denial, depression, then acceptance

I for some reason skipped anger and bargaining or at least bargaining...

The lyrics of Space Song perfectly describe it from the moment I found out to how I moved forward

Level 83

Dec 30, 2025

I'm pretty sure it's been proven to be complete nonsense.

+24

Level 92

Jul 13, 2022

I can just picture Michael Scott glancing over at Google to name them when progressively trying to show how stricken he is by Ed Truck's death.

Level 44

Apr 5, 2024

This is so good

+10

Level 62

Jul 16, 2022

I typed in sadness but no dice. I won't ask for it to be accepted because I suppose that while to many of us there's no real difference, Ms. Kubler-Ross might have disagreed.

Level 52

Sep 1, 2022

I also tried sadness. Unlike your acceptance that it wasn't allowed as a substitute, I am angry and would like to bargain for it to be allowed!

Level 77

Sep 5, 2022

I thought refusal or rejection would also work instead of denial. I was wrong and for some reason couldn't think of the right word.

I thought about making a joke about being angry etc but I see that has already been done. Now I'm sad. Alas, I suppose I'll just have to accept my lack of creativity. ... dammit I did it anyways x(

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Level 73

Jul 21, 2022

As they say, "Anger" is not just a river in Egypt. It's a city in France (I think).

Level 66

Aug 30, 2022

Angers

Level 56

Jul 22, 2022

There's a Frasier episode on specifically this titled Good Grief. It's worth watching before doing this quiz!

Level 42

Aug 10, 2022

Got it from the Cruella movie

Level 71

Aug 30, 2022

The bit in the Simpsons where Homer goes through all the stages within about 30 seconds is extremely funny

Level 88

Aug 30, 2022

Why you little!

Level 93

Aug 31, 2022

What’s after fear?

Level 25

Sep 2, 2022

Got 4/5 due to a faulty memory and the theory about that one Zelda game being about the 5 stages.

Level 66

Jan 10, 2023

Maybe accept Isolation for Depression, and Shock for Denial?

Level 63

Jan 27, 2023

I can't believe sadness isn't an accepted answer. I'm indescribably mad that such a widely accepted substitute for depression isn't accepted. Is there some way we can get sadness added? It's just so depressing that we have to use the word depression. But I guess I understand that this is the most straightforward way to do it.

Level 59

Sep 15, 2023

Please accept "sad(ness)" for "depression".

Level 92

Jul 18, 2025

Great suggestion - done!

Level 68

Sep 29, 2023

I really just typed in bribery for bargaining

Level 55

Mar 13, 2024

where has this quiz been all my life

Level 68

Aug 8, 2024

Here, on JetPunk, for the most part. Although there are rumors that it spent a while floating around rogue on internet messageboards first

Level 65

Aug 8, 2024

Think I'm getting the Mandela effect, I always thought it was bartering for some reason.

Level 63

Aug 8, 2024

similar to bargaining

Level 65

Aug 9, 2024

an easy 5 points for being able to recount a bit of quack psychology. Not sure if i'm pleased with myself or ashamed for knowing this

Level 24

Aug 10, 2024

Fr lol

Level 34

Aug 10, 2024

I only know these because my mother fought for so much of her career as a grief counselor and educator to have this model completely debunked. It's bogus. Grief doesn't have 'stages' and it is no way a linear process.

Level 48

Aug 10, 2024

LOL I only knew bargaining because of MandJTV talking about the stages of grief in one of his videos over the glitches in S/V or something.

Level 50

Aug 11, 2024

- Conical Depression

- Slaughterhouse

- XO

- Acheron

- Grief

Level 24

Nov 3, 2024