Question

Ellen has just been diagnosed with a terminal illness and has been given at most, a year to live. Ellen purchases a two-month European vacation that starts eight months from now. It is most likely that Ellen is in Kübler-Ross’ emotional state of:

Answer 1

Denial, she is looking for the best case scenario (she thinks she has exactly a year to live even if it might be less) and she is avoiding facing that she may not be able to do this in a few months, she could be too ill, etc.