coping with day to day

Crosstitch is brilliant for helping you to concentrate.I’ve been doing them for years.I can’t concentrate on books anymore,so I get stuck into the embroidery

I lost my wife on my birthday this year in march so thats 8 months ago to liver failure multi organ failure due to hep c which was cured by the damage was done she was on the transplant list but her body did not want to wait i have so many regrets so much sadness so many tears but i dont think ive grieved properly yet i find myself crying over silly things i would not normally do yet while typing this i find myself crying how do you cope

I only have myself to worry about but I wish I had friends and family around me.I feel so lonely not having someone to talk to or have a laugh.It was always just the two of us.I do have family but they are too far away for a visit and I don’t want to disrupt their lives.I can’t face Christmas at the moment x

That’s so sad.My husband died a week before my birthday,2 weeks ago.I tried to ignore it but my daughter sent me a beautiful bouquet of flowers.I felt happy and sad at the same time.My emotions are all over the place at the moment x

I am so sorry for your loss i just dont know what to do or at the moment how to cope i mean it feels strange to call myself a 48yr old widower i have not really spoken about this stuff till today not really even told my mother all this i just keep denying it but then i dont really air my private life to just anyone i just feel so lonely and down depressed regret angry so how do we keep going

You are letting it all out here.That’s a start.It’s a shame you can’t talk to your Mother about how you are feeling,I’m sure she would listen.We all have different emotions while we are going through this nightmare and I’m so glad I found this group.I have no one else to talk to about the loneliness and hurt that I am feeling.Rob shouldn’t have died,he should be sitting here with me,looking forward to Christmas,but all that has gone.I have 2 kids but they are 250 miles away with their own lives.We didn’t have friends,it was just the two of us.We will all get through this,day by day. Jill x

You’ve hit the nail on the head. Wise words. Xx