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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

Grief ladder...

1b00Clark:02b00 I know you find it hard to believe, but trust me. 02br
00Chloe's not buried in that grave. 02br
01b00Lois:02b00 How do you know that? Look, I want her back more than 02br
00anyone, but don't you think your hunch is 01u00a rung on the whole grief ladder02u00?02br
00What does the underlined mean? 0-
  

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0 I've never heard this, but I would guess that it refers to a pop-psych analysis of the process of grieving. However, googling the phrase didn't reveal anything except a couple of references to "the grief ladder" rather than an explanation. 0-

  • 0 I've never heard this, but I would guess that it refers to a pop-psych analysis of the process of grieving.
  • However, googling the phrase didn't reveal anything except a couple of references to "the grief ladder" rather than an explanation.
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0 I've never heard this, but I would guess that it refers to a pop-psych analysis of the process of grieving. However, googling the phrase didn't reveal anything except a couple of references to "the grief ladder" rather than an explanation. Maybe from a 12-step program somewhere?0-
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0Hi Madhulk,02br
02br
00aaa...That's from SmallVille..:-)), I know this TV show very well. I heard this expression aproximatelly 02br
00three times. And it always pointed to the stages of someones grief, when that particular lost his relative02br
00for example.02br
02br
00If you're grieving for someone close to you, you're coming th
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0 it's just a level in a sequence of levels (which could go from 01b00normal02b00 to01b00 serious 02b00to 01b00very grave02b00) 0-

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