dealing with death of a loved one

s just a matter of convenience for the two of you. I hope she gets help dealing with her emotions so she can move on with a much happier life.

Just like falling in love takes time so does dealing with a passing of a loved one.Just opposite ways of feeling.Love and loss,two parts of life that both hurt.For loving anyone or anything,such as a pet can lead to pain.All feelings lead to pain and despair,eventually.So do we stop feeling,stop loving,stop caring,no we just learn to adjust to our new lives without that loved one that pet,that friend.whom ever.Death ends a life,not a relationship.

My mother in law passed suddenly when I was 39 weeks with baby #2. To say it was stressful is an understatement. While it's obviously ok to mourn the loss of a loved one, it is more important to celebrate their life and remember the happy times. I'm sure that's what he would want for his family. Talk about the good memories, cry, and then get ready for the birth of your baby.

Hi, you and I have similar stories, but I has 7 death's in a 6 month period including my mother who died in my arms in July and two weeks, before Christmas, my brother and wife loss their first child. My brother married and a week later, my mother died. He married and my mother was so ill, she couldn't attend and my father and I had to leave the wedding at 10:30 pm, because we had to get back to my dying mom.

My husband was in a lot of pain over and I am coping with that, much better than with the death of my daughter. I understand what your friend is feeling Neta, I think it is a natural reaction to be angry alot especially when you lose too back to backI went through the anger I was mad at God particularly because he wouldnt tell me why he took them both.

While I am dealing with this, I am taking care of my father who is basically on a path to self destruction with his continued drinking. He died on August 14th of last year and it seems I have been blocking all of this out untill now. I was wondering what some of you, who have dealt with this would reccomend I do.

I am so very sorry for the loss of your Annabelle. I lost my Maddie (16) just last week, and understand the pain you are going through. I picked up her ashes yesterday, and attached to the box was this: "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened," Anatole France We couldn't hurt this much had we not loved, I found comfort and thanks in those words... I hope you can too.

t do for myself much) and got a little something for myself. A purse one year, a home décor item, a pair of shoes. Just one thing that I really liked. May sound a little selfish but I do for everyone else and this was my treat in honor of my mom for me. :>) I also always took myself to lunch. I don't do that so much anymore but mostly because I have kids and hardly have the time for that right now. On that anniversary day, I always have some quiet moments.

I also am responsible for sending cards to people in my church that are sick, depressed, stressed or mourning the loss of a loved one. Anything shared with me personally might be used on a card if I think it might be appropriate or helpful. Thank you for your input.

I have a fear of death. Mostly the death of a loved one. I worry so much that if I lost one of my family members I don't know what would happen to me, I think I would go crazy, it would ruin my life, I feel like crying when I think about it, I shouldn't worry but I do, which makes it worse because they are going to all die one day, this scares me because they are so important to me.

Hi everyone. I am a loved one of someone who binge smokes crack. He was a year clean until yesterday and never picked me up from work, texting me he was on his way, and then never showed, ignored my calls to finally shutting the phone off and now took the day off of work when he finally came home from this at 3am. We have been working so hard to rebuild out lives from the last time and now I feel like here we go again.

Is anyone experiencing grief from the loss of a loved one while pregnant and how are you handling it? We found out we are having a baby a month after my sister passed away.

When you lose a parent, at any age, it rips off a layer of safety insulation, exposes the fears of mortality which everyone must grapple with, and then you do the processing work you need to do to come to grips with mortality one more time,and a deeper level than before. If you can find my book Transformations, it will help you put this in perspective.

Has anyone found keeping a memento of some sort close by which memorialized a loved one help in the grieving process?

I have a husband who is being treated for depression and anxiety. I'm not sure what's caused the culmination of events; however I am now seriously looking into getting him some in patient care. On top of his pdoc meds he is also being treated for several physical things. I'm familar with when a physical symptom warrants a er or hospital visit. I don't know when the symptom of "sleeps all day, won't wake propperly" warrants such thing.

I have to agree with Prospero73, unless you have experienced the death of a loved one, you really don't know how to response to someone who has had such a great loss as a child. Any loss is great, but when my mother died, I had people tell me that she is in a better place. The grave for me is not a better place, but as a Christian, I understood the intent. An appropriate response would be a sincere one....

You might want to check out the bereavement groups in your area, there are people going through the loss of a child just like you - being with kindred spirits will sure help you. I would also suggest you see your family doctor, so that s/he can assess if you need follow through with a specialist. I'm sorry for your loss, but you can feel better then you have been.

I lost my grandfather a few months ago at the beginning not my pregnancy. .with a good support system it was easier. I truly believed he was in a better place. Somehow carrying a child made it alot easier to deal with.

Is there someone else he thinks is his mother? i.e., his dad remarried when the child was so young he really didn't have a memory?

I think that when you lose someone that you loved with all your heart there is a part of you that goes with them and never returns. You learn to go forward as a different you. To have that be compounded by the loss being a child is simpy unfathomable to me. So very very sorry!

Addiction started in the beginning of 2008. While I was giving birth he was taking pills outside in the car.. He was on & off in 2009.. 2010 was very bad. He did rehab for about 3 hours.. I had thought he hit rock bottom but he didn't. I had an intervention with one of his parents in Nov of 2010 & he was clean, cold turkey, until April of this year.. It has been hell ever since..

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