Give a brief description of the denial stage involved in the seven stages of personal change.

Although many peoples' minds can accept a major change, they often continue to deny it emotionally. This denial can take many different forms. If the loss is a death, bereaved people might not allow themselves to believe the loved one is really gone. With denial, the mind is keeping the sufferer from accepting reality fully and completely. Ideally, this denial period would be over in a few weeks or months. The longer the period lasts, the longer it would take to move through the healing process.