So the five stages of grieving something supposedly are

1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance

For me personally, I tend to spend a somewhat long time in the Denial stage, then I spend a really long time in the Anger stage.

I tend to completely bypass the Bargaining stage, to the point that I don't even recognize it. I would actually be really interested in reading people's descriptions of what the Bargaining stage is like for them, or any examples of it they've experienced, because I'm pretty sure my brain just flies right by it altogether.

I seem to slip out of the Anger phase and go directly into the Depression phase - but then slide right back into the Anger phase. So I will spend a ridiculously long time teetering back and forth between Anger and Depression. Even if I have been in the Depression phase about something for months, I could still easily and suddenly retrogress back to Anger at any time.

Makes me wonder whether I struggle more with Anger or Depression, since I can't tell if I'm having a hard time escaping the Anger phase, or if I'm having a hard time dealing the Depression phase (and thus retrogress from it).

What about you guys/gals? Which stage(s) do you typically get stuck in and struggle with? Do you think it's because you fear the next stage, or for a different reason?