The art of Guilt and Grief
So I started some research on the stages of guilt and grief.
This is just the beginning of a thread of research on this topic but the 5 basic stages of grief are:
When researching guilt, it follows a less modeled pattern than that of grief because of its versatility and appliance to different scenarios. For this research, I focused on the lack of guilt.
Guilt can be deactivated, the conscience "turned off." Some people never seem to develop a healthy sense of guilt in the first place, through a failure to develop empathy or a lack of appropriate limits, while others choose to turn theirs off. Guilt can be deactivated in two different ways:
1) The person convinces him-or herself that the act was not a violation of what is right.
2) The person reasons that he or she has no control over the events of life and is therefore not responsible for the outcome. With no sense of personal responsibility, there can be no sense of guilt.
When guilt is reduced, internal limits on behavior disappear and people can act without remorse.
<a href="http://psychology.jrank.org/pages/285/Guilt.html">Guilt - STAGES OF GUILT DEVELOPMENT</a>
This is just the beginning of a thread of research on this topic but the 5 basic stages of grief are:
- Denial – In this stage individuals believe the what has happened is somehow mistaken, and cling to a false, preferable reality.
- Anger – When the individual recognizes that denial cannot continue, they become frustrated, especially at proximate individuals. Certain psychological responses of a person undergoing this phase would be: "Who is to blame?"; "Why would this happen?".
- Bargaining – The third stage involves the hope that the individual can avoid a cause of grief. Usually, the negotiation for an extended life is made in exchange for a reformed lifestyle. People facing less serious trauma can bargain or seek compromise.
- Depression –During the fourth stage, the individual despairs at the recognition of their mortality. In this state, the individual may become silent, refuse visitors and spend much of the time mournful and sullen.
- Acceptance – "In this last stage, individuals embrace mortality or inevitable future, or that of a loved one, or other tragic event. People dying may precede the survivors in this state, which typically comes with a calm, retrospective view for the individual, and a stable condition of emotions
When researching guilt, it follows a less modeled pattern than that of grief because of its versatility and appliance to different scenarios. For this research, I focused on the lack of guilt.
Guilt can be deactivated, the conscience "turned off." Some people never seem to develop a healthy sense of guilt in the first place, through a failure to develop empathy or a lack of appropriate limits, while others choose to turn theirs off. Guilt can be deactivated in two different ways:
1) The person convinces him-or herself that the act was not a violation of what is right.
2) The person reasons that he or she has no control over the events of life and is therefore not responsible for the outcome. With no sense of personal responsibility, there can be no sense of guilt.
When guilt is reduced, internal limits on behavior disappear and people can act without remorse.
<a href="http://psychology.jrank.org/pages/285/Guilt.html">Guilt - STAGES OF GUILT DEVELOPMENT</a>
"Kübler-Ross model." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 04 Mar. 2017. Web. 05 Mar. 2017.
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