[im3w1l]

I always considered this more of a rule of thumb sort of like "when you throw a rock, first it goes up then it goes down"* rather than an exact equation. Like there are different reactions to something bad, they will not always all be present, and the order is not a given, and sometimes they are adaptive (the thing you are denying may in fact not be true, anger may prevent it etc).

* Not just imprecise but even has exceptions. What if you throw it straight down? What if you throw it straight down, and it bounces? What if it achieves escape velocity? What if you throw it down at an angle and it then achieves escape velocity?