My husband passed very suddenly 9 months ago at first I seemed to cope but now I am anxious about imaginary illness about various crisis around the world such as war starting I used to be a strong person how could I cope at the beginning but 9 months down the line I cant I do hide it from my friends and my family live in uk
Hi Lou
I am so sad for your loss. I lost my husband ten months ago and I coped for the first three months. Now ten months on I am coping with nothing. I don’t want to be in the house alone. I cry all the time. I phoned doctor today and she suggested antipsychotic medication to go with the antidepressants I already take. I am terrified to take them after reading the side effects
I think the reason for not coping is in the initial stages you are in denial (I was) you also have everything to do. It is only when you stop and everyone no longer visits you hear that deafening silence and the enormity of what has happened then hits you. I fell to pieces and I can’t put them back together. I have counselling which helps a little but it will take a long time to move forward from such a huge loss. It’s heartbreaking x
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So sorry to hear you are in same place as me but I am having unreasonable feelings like today I have anxious all day about this Russian ukraine thing I sometimes think o am really sick never had these feelings before they are off the wall I live malta all my friends here were very supportive but they drift away after a time they have there own lives my siblings live in uk also my kids I feel very strange it’s horrible feeling scared frightened about world crisis thank for replying
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I lost my son in July
Age 22 was sudden .I’m back working to pass Time
People have left me don’t know what to say
I do thing I enjoy garden
Reading
Walks
Camera
So sorry to hear about your son its painful like you I am trying to keep busy