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Self help thread. I am a widow coping getting on with it
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Of course you are in shock . Even if expected it still is shocking.
If you have people around you let them care for you . Try to drink and eat a little .
Accept the love from those that care for you even if the words are clumsy.
I had prepared a fairly lengthy message, which was maybe self indulgent of me, but it disappeared when I tried to submit, so a lesson learned there.
I don't have the heart to re-do it right now, so suffice to say the timing was totally unexpected, and my children are being great.
Hx
I did have counselling at the local hospice which helped a little. After my sessions finished they offered me complimentary therapies, once a month, I have had 3 and one booked for mid january also at the hospice. Take your time with things. x
Buggins, good idea to bump the thread - I'm sure there are many who would benefit from it
None of them meant that I wasn’t lost and terribly lonely with the reality of knowing I would never see or speak to my partner again.
(TBH my main beef was the attitude of the very original poster - not the originator of this revamped thread - so mea culpa)
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me..
Martin Niemoller