In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

There are (1)______ when everyone has to face grief. When someone dear to oneself dies, one is left in a state in which shock and grief (2)_______ the ordinary life. One is left in a situation when one feels there is nothing one can do. Grief and mourning are not always associated with only death. It also happens with other types of losses. It could be the loss of one’s job, loss of one’s house or the loss of a close friend or a partner.
The best people who are able to cope with these are those, who come from cultures that have strict, formal (3)______ intensive mourning rituals. In India, we have diverse rituals which nowadays are being discarded. But these help in the crisis. The near and dear ones come to share the grief and apply balm with their words of solace. In mourning, it is an essential part of coming (4)______ terms with loss. There comes a time when one has to give up one’s grief and re-join the mainstream of life. Mourning in itself passes through these phases. Firstly, it is in the nature of shock and disbelief. A feeling of numbness overtakes. The brain is not in a position to (5)_____, it so happens that one expects the arrival of a loss thinking that nothing will change and he will be with the lost one. In the second phase, one realises the truth that the loss has actually happened, and was not a dream. It is now that one feels the pain. Now one recollects the old moments and the memory of guilt creeps in.