Just an update to say I ordered this book from Amazon and have finished it already in two nights! What an incredible book!Hi everyone,
My husband's dad died recently. I bought him this book and it is meant to be excellent https://www.waterstones.com/book/its-ok-that-youre-not-ok/megan-devine/9781622039074
My sister died by suicide almost five years ago. She was 22yo, I was in my mid-twenties and I was at home with my 12yo brother when it happened. My Dad and now husband found her in her bedroom. It was horrendous. It still haunts me. I hope I can get to where you are one day. When I think of her, all I can think about are the circumstances. It’s like I’ve lost another part of her because she is so defined by her death in my head. I’m the same, though - rarely cry, etc- I just feel resentful at how it has altered our family dynamics forever. Nothing is ever “good enough” for my parents because she’s not here, and that’s hard to accept.I lost my brother when I was 14, he was 23. It was unexpected, he was killed by a car. I closed myself off for a good few months, stayed in my room while family gathered downstairs most nights all together. One thing that has shocked me is that I very rarely cry over him. I’ve felt so abnormal about that. You always imagine you’ll be in tears all the time but I just wasn’t. It’s been 12 years now. The pain I feel is indescribable but I don’t ever show it to anyone or even myself really. I’m a very private person and I don’t like to show emotion to even family. Time has helped massively and instead of thinking of his death and what happened, I now only ever think of the things we did together, those precious memories I have forever. I have to hope that I will see him again one day
I'm not surprisedI can’t stop crying
I am so so sorry for your loss, I want to send the biggest hug I can through the screen. I really hope you'll be ok. Good on you for accepting and reaching out for help, I can't imagine how you feel every night and every day. I do hope one day you will get to move on and be happy again.I can’t stop crying
This is going to sound so trite but it will get better. You'll always miss her, but the grief gets a little less painful and a little easier to deal with as time passes. It will still hurt, but that unbearable pain will lessen, eventually, I promise.Not sure what to say other than I’m sending love to you all. I lost my mum 8 months ago aged just 53 to cancer. I’m still in denial and I just miss her so much.
I am so unbelievably sorry to read this, you poor thing. I can't imagine how I would feel if that were my partner. Hopefully your partner is somewhere now at peace and free from any pain he may have been going through. Our minds can be scary places at times. Sending you so many virtual hugs. I hope that one day you find some peace lovely xoI can’t stop crying
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