HILT

• Denial and Isolation - This initial stage is characterized as a temporary state of shock in which people deny the fact of death and isolate themselves from further confrontation with it. Denial is a useful coping mechanism because it acts as buffet against shock and allows time for the mobilization of other defenses.
• Anger - It is a normal response to disability and the loss of control over one's life situation.
• Bargaining - People often find a way out and a common scenario involves making promises to God in exchange for a prolonged life. The intense desire to find a way out drives people to become prone to medical quackery.
• Depression - It is a natural part of grief as a person strives to prepare for separation from the world. At this stage, the dying person and the family begin to accept the fact and face the reality if an impending death. They become depressed about unfinished things in life and everything they would leave behind.
• Acceptance - When death is near, they may choose not to talk much with visitors and family members and close friends, this is part of letting go.
• Neurosis - can cause physical symptoms, including uneven breathing, a speeding up of the heart, muscle pain, and sweating.
• A condition in which a person is not able to function in the real world called psychosis
• Depression - is also the name of a medical condition in which the sufferer feels extreme sadness and lack of energy.
• Types of Stress

  • Euestress of positive stress
  • Distress or negative stress
• Mental Disorders

  • Neurosis
  • psychosis
  • Depression
• Mental health professionals

  • Counselor
  • Psychiatrist