Anticipatory grief
The five stages namely, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance proposed by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her model of grief describe the process by which people undergo after a loss. Anxiety, dread, guilt, helplessness, hopelessness, and feelings of being overwhelmed are also common. However, it is important to note that anticipatory grief is not simply normal grief begun earlier.
Megan Devine
Megan M Devine (born September 30, 1970) is an American author, essayist, psychotherapist, and speaker. She is best known for her 2017 book, "It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief & Loss in a Culture that Doesn't Understand", and for her work advancing an approach to grief support which excludes platitudes, five-stage theories, and treating grief as a pathology. Devine is the founder of Refuge in Grief, a grief education and outreach site focused on out of order or unexpected death such as suicide, violent crime, baby loss, and accidents. Devine's quotes, "Some things cannot be fixed. They can only be carried." and "Acknowledgement can be the best medicine we have. It makes things better, even when they can not be made right." defines her model of grief advocacy work based on her professional and personal observations on supporting grievers and their advocates with an emphasis on traumatic, out-of-order, and death by suicide.