New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- Loss often feels all consuming but we need to give room for feelings of sadness, confusion, anger as they show up. Grief proceeds through a set sequence, where the first reaction is that of denial, then anger, followed by depression and bargaining and finally acceptance.

In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Mansi Poddar, Trauma Sensitive Psychotherapist, shared, "Anger can reveal itself as blame or frustration. Denial entails resistance to reality. Depression can become profound before bargaining, which involves attempts to 'undo' the loss, and acceptance results in understanding and peace but all that is not linear."

She revealed, "Aloneness is common but, to work through grief, it is necessary that individuals are ...