Bipolar Disorder and the Stages of Grief: A Helpful Guide

With personal experiences.

Grieving is a process. | Image made by author with Canva AI.

Grief is a funny thing. While everyone experiences it, not everyone experiences it the same way. Your encounters with grief will probably be just as unique as you are.

There are often five common stages of grief.

• Denial
• Anger
• Bargaining
• Depression
• Acceptance

Many have the misbelief that the stages always go in the same order and take about the same amount of time. To which my mind screams, “Not true!”

Not only can you endure many of the stages at the same time, they can return after weeks, months, or even years.

This post is about the most commonly accepted stages of grief and how they are affected by bipolar disorder. Throughout this post, I’ll be sharing my own experiences with grief, both in the past and what I’m doing right now after just losing my dad.

Let’s get started.

Denial can keep you busy. | Image made by author with Canva AI.

Denial