Stages of grief

[Candlz]

My daughter is working on a paper for school she asked me to read it over and as I was doing so - WOW - I realized this is what I am feeling! I have bounced around all of these emotions since Monday night!


Stage 1: Denial They can't close VMK - that is crazy!
Stage 2: Anger - Anger comes as you begin to accept reality. How could they be so cruel! Don't they know how people feel about this!
Stage 3: Bargaining - Bargaining is trying to get them back Well - I will pay to play VMK - They don't need to release any more new items... Anything!
Stage 4epression - Depression is an inevitable part of loss. I won't get into that
Stage 5:Acceptance - Acceptance means that you have reached the final stage. I don't want to go here either

I am going to stay on stage three with a little of stages one and two mixed in...

 

[RachelNinja]

From what I know (correct me if I'm wrong), you don't have to go through the stages in order. I'm a mix of denial, depression, and acceptance.

I have phases where I think, "They've gotta me joking ... even though Yavn said it's not an April Fool's joke, can they really just close it like that? No way would they do it ..." Then other times, particulary when I read some things here on DIS, I get really upset. I sit here holding in tears (my family would probably think there's something majorly wrong if I bawled the way I wanted to downstairs by the kitchen). I think about how it'll just be completely and totally gone. How I can't look forward to the next day because there's a quest to reward me after a long day of work. Then there are those moments where I just feel like acceptance is the easiest route. I think about how I'm going to deal with it after the fact. I want to make sure I have my screencaps/pictures and flats, and I think about how Ninja will be happy to actually see the real WDW in the future.

The first day at work after the news, I felt like an emotional wreck. But I couldn't talk about it with anyone because non-VMKers really don't understand!

 

[Cardinal]

from what I know (correct me if I'm wrong), you don't have to go through the stages in order.

Oh! That could be fun:

1. Depression- What? Everything is going?
2. Acceptance- Well, as one door closes another one opens. Plus, with Disney, the next thing will probably be ten times better!
3. Anger- WHAT? How could I possibly think like that? VMK was one of a kind! It's never coming back and I HATE Disney for doing this to me!
4. Bargaining- Maybe if I blackmail them...
5. Denial- No, it'll never work! I can't get dirt on Disney, they cover up their felonies too well!
6. Anger, part deux- RAWR!



All kidding aside, I totally agree. We just need that little push over to acceptance, because VMK ain't coming back. (However, that could just be my Denial talking).

 

[Mnementh]

I won't reach stage 5 until May 22nd, and I doubt I'll even have to reach it then because I'm sure VMK will be back.

 

[mtblujeans]

I actually can't tell what stage I am in yet....

 

[TinkPinkPoem]

My daughter is working on a paper for school she asked me to read it over and as I was doing so - WOW - I realized this is what I am feeling! I have bounced around all of these emotions since Monday night!


Stage 1: Denial They can't close VMK - that is crazy!
Stage 2: Anger - Anger comes as you begin to accept reality. How could they be so cruel! Don't they know how people feel about this!
Stage 3: Bargaining - Bargaining is trying to get them back Well - I will pay to play VMK - They don't need to release any more new items... Anything!
Stage 4epression - Depression is an inevitable part of loss. I won't get into that
Stage 5:Acceptance - Acceptance means that you have reached the final stage. I don't want to go here either

I am going to stay on stage three with a little of stages one and two mixed in...

Do you watch House M.D. ? lol

 

[Imagineer_Tech]

I've been through all and then some.

 

[mtblujeans]

Do you watch House M.D. ? lol

Doesn't everybody?

 

[TinkPinkPoem]

Doesn't everybody?

Yes, it's a great show.

There is a specific episode in which there is an extensive mention of the 5 stages of grief.

Once I saw this post, that came to mind.

 

[taz]

I am on stage 4 1/2

 

[goldengourd]

Definately in the depressed stage.

 

[vmkfan13]

Stage 1: I get it, April fools joke!
Stage 2: Omg this is all yavn's fault!!
Stage 3: SAVE VMK or I'm not even returning to the parks!
Stage 4: Why do roses in VMK have thorns? What is life?.. without vmk??
Stage 5: Ok, what else you got Disney?

 

[gavinrockstar]

I think i just moved to acceptance. Instead of being mad at disney and vmk i have started a quest to find friends i knew on vmk i have already got a list of 22 people I know or am friends with. It seems like a small number right now. I hope by the time vmk closes i will have found all my vmk friends. If you know me on vmk please pm me. In the long run all good things have to come to an edn so we all will just have to deal with it.