Seven stages of "letting go"
7 Stages of Letting Go
1. Hope
For better or for worse,
you strongly believe and pray
that everything will be alright.
2. Wait
The most difficult stage.
You swing between highs and lows,
between hope and despair.
3. Hoping Against Hope
It’s already late,
but you can’t give up.
You wait — with everything you have left.
4. Realization
And then it dawns upon you:
it’s over.
You can’t fully make sense of it,
but at least you know.
It splits your core, breaks your bones,
yet prepares you for what comes next.
5. Acknowledgment
You finally admit it’s over.
If someone asks about them,
you don’t dodge the question.
6. Contemplation
The season of “what ifs.”
If I had done this…
If I had done that…
Would it have been different?
7. Acceptance
At last, the final stage arrives.
You accept it —
with all its good and bad parts.
You take it as it is,
and in that acceptance,
there is an unparalleled beauty.
@greenJet8635
Thank you for taking the time to break this down into such clear and concise points!
I appreciate it 💜🥰
Thank you...🤍 you are so kind..It's a process we all go through.. I feel if we name the emotions, it gets a little easier. Helps in those moments of fog
@greenJet8635
I agree, grief is the hardest thing we'll ever have to go through, so we need all the help we can get 💜💕
thanks for sharing! I appreciate you clearly explaining!
I recently did a research project on the stages of grief and found some interesting findings that while this model is so popular it doesnt always accurately reflect someones greif journey
Thank you for taking time to read and comment. I would love to read that research.. If it's ok with you, feel free to DM