Lost my Dad

Losing a parent
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I lost my Dad in June 2024, he was 74, a week off being 75.

My mum was undergoing treatment for cancer at the time, she has thankfully recovered and the cancer has gone. We lost my dad very unexpectedly, he was full of life and my best friend. The last year has been a blur, caring for my mum during the treatment and her mental health off the back of all this has been incredibly tough for me and the whole family, things have slightly got easier and it’s only now that I believe I’m starting to go through the full grief process.

The repeated dreams I’m having night after night of him being back with us are comforting but sad at the same time, I wake up and realise it was just a dream, they are incredibly real, but I then spend the whole day processing it.

I live in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, are there are support groups local to me that anyone knows of, I think I just want to sit and talk to people, I feel I can help others but would like to share my own feelings, I feel as though I can’t really speak to anyone now apart from my wife but don’t want to keep bringing it up, life goes on and people forget but I’m really struggling currently.

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I’m sorry to hear about your dad, @Andrew85. I hope you find the community to be a support to you - you don’t need to put on a brave face here.

If you’re interested in support groups, we have seven Grief Kind Spaces in Yorkshire. Our Grief Kind Spaces are weekly, in-person drop-in sessions held in the local community and run by trained volunteers. The sessions provide a safe, informal and supportive place for people to come together and share their experiences of grief. You can see the list of Grief Kind Spaces in Yorkshire on our website:

If none of those work for you, you can also look up local support on the AtALoss website.

Take good care,
Seaneen