Over 4 months now since my husband of 38 years passed away. I thought I was coping a bit better, but I am not. I am back at the beginning not accepting that he is gone and I will never see him again. I go out, meet friends but come back to the empty house. It is so hard to take
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So sorry. It’s been a year for me now, and coming back to the empty house never gets easier. I sometimes leave the radio on when I go out, which helps a bit.
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I leave the radio on too Catrin….i tell myself it’s so my dog doesn’t feel lonely……but I think it’s mainly for me! It’s when it hits me……coming through the door to emptiness……I think it must be the same for us all.
Thank god for my dog……she is my everything at the moment….
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Oh love im the same people say it grts easier but im not feeling it
Radio on all the time as my husband had the tv on and was the noise! The silly funny loud voice and the emptiness gets to me.
Ive become a bit attached to you tube stand up comedy videos when sat alone . Hang in there. Hugs
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I’m the same,it’s only been 2 weeks since hubby passed,i listen to Radio 4 as they talk a lot,it’s just listening to another voice,the dog keeps me sane.
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My Mum passed away in the summer, i’m disabled and she had been my carer, then i became hers when she suddenly became unwell. I got very used to living in the hospital and then hospice together, and completely lost all sense of routine with eating, drinking, hygiene etc. But now it’s the emptiness… we’ve always lived together, and i sometimes feel like i’m going ‘back’ by finding that hard. But grief isn’t linear, one week we can being making plans and going out, another week it’s cancelling those plans and resting - grief is exhausting
I know you’ve mentioned radio, i honestly don’t know what i’d do without a podcast! i know it’s to stop the silence, and sometimes i relisten as i wasn’t really listening the first time. But i’m trying not to judge myself for needing the noise.
Lots of BBC Sounds, Youtube and Radio 4 on so the house feels less empty. I’ve started to ask friends to come back to mine for a bit after going out, to help with the tranision from being social to quiet again.
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