my names Anthony lost my only child my lovely daughter I brought up by myself 9 weeks ago she was 15 years of age
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So sorry for your loss Anthony
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I’m so sorry for the loss of your daughter, it’s a feeling that no one can imagine isn’t it! I’m 3 and a half years in now and still feels like yesterday 
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Condolences Anthony. We have lost our only child /daughter on the 1st of October. She was 14 and half years old . I do not even know what to say to you . I can just say that I know how hard it is
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Thank you for messaging me I don’t know about you but am so lost and lonely it’s so hard to explain but I really don’t know what to do about the time and space I have in my life
The pain is unbearable I thank you for messaging me I would love to join a face to face support group in my city of Leeds in order to talk to people who have lost a child but the is nothing unfortunately I just feel so lost and alone
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Thank you Kate x
So sorry Anthony
It’s 106 days for me since my daughter passed . She was in an ICU for a week prior to that . Most dats I don’t want to be here .I’ve joined a local group of people bereaved by suicide. I’ve been to this month session. We will also be meeting this Sunday with parents that lost their child same way somewhere close by . Look up The Compassionate Friends, there might be one in your area . There should be others groups somewhere close too. I don’t know if anyone or anything can help us but probably being around people that went through the same , one might feel understood . Take care xx
I completely understand how you feel my daughter was in lgi for a week she became a transplant donor for 9 people I have tried contacting the organisation you recommended but the have not got back to me unfortunately just a email I contacted mind but they only offer per support one on one have found most organisations don’t do anything at all just a yearly get together and online courses most of them don’t work with people don’t make any sense to me
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It’s a total nightmare love am so sorry for your loss
Hi @Anthony26 , I am so sorry for your loss.
It’s very hard trying to find support, I found myself frantically searching for anyone who could help ease the pain of losing my daughter but there was nothing. I even tried the Samaritans but gave up after waiting an hour in their queue.
Everyone tells you to seek help, talk to others, don’t suffer alone but when you have no family support you really are alone.
I eventually found The Compassionate Friends and made it to one of their meetings. No it didn’t give me what I was looking for but nothing can. It is a group of broken people telling other broken people that it’s ok to be broken… and it does help, eventually.
If you go onto their website you can locate groups in your area, I know they have an online group for dads, it’s not face to face but they may be able to offer support and point you towards some local groups.
In the mean time post on here, it helps to talk about how you feel in a safe space.
Thank you for your kind words and advice I’ll will contact them see if they have a group I can attend it’s just lonely and meeting people who have experienced the same thing as me would be great in real life but I would meet people on a online group know I think if it was genuine
Losing a child is very isolating, people try to offer comfort and liken your grief to their own experience of loss but no one can understand unless they have also lost a child.
Meeting others like you, I think, is the only time you can really be yourself and not feel so alone. I prefer face to face too and have also been lucky (if you can call it that) to have a friend who lost a child too.
But, if I’m totally honest, I do not see anyone for weeks on end and that’s not my choice. I think others don’t know how to handle my grief. I do have another daughter and she is a great help but the pain is still there and it can create a wedge.
I hope you find a group soon, don’t be afraid to say how you’re feeling and only do what you can, when you can.
Keep using this site, it’s great help when you feel no one is listening, there is always someone here.
Anthony, I too am a single parent. My beautiful daughter left suddenly on the 18th December while at school. She is 16 years old. Her funeral was on Tuesday and things have been very hard since. I would love to find someone in the same position as me to talk to.
I don’t really know what to do.
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Thank you for your lovely words I appreciate them greatly
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I have private messaged you with my phone number your more than welcome to contact me very few people are in are situation