Hello @Jones67 ,
I’m so sorry for the loss of your mum and dad - that is devastating. I really hope you find the community to be a support to you. Sadly, many of our members have lost their parents and will understand some of what you’re going through.
You’re not alone in dreading Christmas. There’s a few recent threads about it you might want to post on:
It’s almost that time of year when I pull out the decorations and create a Christmas wonderland. My husband loved Christmas, he loved collecting Santas. We have dozen that we put all around the house…we would make a trip to the range just to buy new Santas. I love Christmas, the lights and festive things all over make it a great time of year, but this year I will be without him. I don’t know if I can decorate the house, I don’t know if I can celebrate it, cook a special meal. Half of me wants to…
Hi everyone , hope you are all coping, I went out today to do some shopping to a place where me and my Husband often went, so.always the memories of those times. Its so much harder.on your.own, now the shops are really filling up with Christmas stuff,cards with Husband on, just felt my loss more today, already had one Christmas without him, as he died.in July 2022, this year feels like I’m more aware of things, going on, did anyone else get.the feeling of worse the second year.
I will go th…
Feeling pretty much alone and down, it’ll be two years in December since both my Mum and wife passed away. Everyone expects me to be happy because it’s Christmas, I really hate Christmas it reminds me of what I’ve lost. No one seems to understand or seems to care about how I feel, so I end up putting on a happy face whenever anyone visits. It’s so so hard pretending to be happy when really I’m so sad and just can’t be bothered to do anything.
Does anyone else feeling sad at Christmas or is just…
Please do keep reaching out. Take care,
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