Comment by fellowniusmonk

As someone who has multiple times had to face my own mortality and that has death seemingly always looming over me.

I think the 5 stages do make sense for self grief as it was originally researched, during time spent with those actually dying.

As someone who lost both parents in my early 20s I think it is helpful model to be aware of during the acute phase of a terminal diagnosis ... but yeah, it's inadequate in the extreme.