For example, you might have lost a job because you could not cope with its requirements, or you might have lost a friend because you have trouble maintaining relationships. Such thoughts will likely stir up strong emotions for you including sadness and anger. It is important to allow yourself to feel these emotions in order to work through the grieving process. It may help to remember that what you are experiencing is a perfectly natural response for people coping with loss in their lives. Before we proceed to the five stages, you should know that this process does not always proceed consecutively.
Many people move back and forth between stages.
Some people get stuck in one stage for a longer period of time than another. It is important to remember that no one person's experience with this process is the same as another's and that there is no wrong way to experience the stages. You may question the diagnosis or believe that you have somehow overcome the disability so that it no longer exists. As a result, it becomes impossible for them to see how their disability affects other areas of difficulty. Such areas might include finding and maintaining a job, organization, controlling anger, money management and making and maintaining friendships, etc.