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Empty and lost

Djman
Community Member

Hi , thanks for a good site...

7 years ago I lost my 80ish year old mother to Dementia , I delt with that ok , as I had my dad around with me , but over the christmas holiday, and on christmas day, my dad (90) passed away. He was battling lung cancer for 4 months...my sister has helped out a lot... but I live on my own and I'm finding it extreamly difficult now , it like I looked after him for so long, and now nothing. My father and I were best friends too, we traveled all the time together. I went away for the weekend a few weeks ago and cried in bed every night  I was away. 

I haven't felt like before, and I'm struggling . had kind of thought of a counselor but dont know if i can afford one on my pension..

 

I do things during the week , but just some days its a real struggle to get motivated any more,

how do you cope with no more parents around ? I'm in my 40's ...

 

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Neil_1
Community Member

Hi Djman

Please accept my sincere condolences to you regarding the loss of your parents and of course, more recently your much loved Dad.

My Dad passed away in 2007 and I miss him and grieve for him still.  We had such a wonderful bond/connection and it hurts like crazy that he's not still here.

I guess this isn't probably the kind of response you were hoping for but I just wanted to let you know that the grieving process will take time.  Of course everyone is different, but with a death of someone in the family so adored, it takes a long long time to get over.

My main suggestion for you is to seek out counselling.  Do you have a good GP that you can go too?  If not, then on this website there is a list of GP's who are all trained in mental health issues - and hopefully either GP that you go too will be able to provide you with access to a counsellor who may charge at a low rate or might not even charge at all.  I haven't ever fully investigated this, but I'm sure there are folk on this site who could assist you with this aspect better than what I can.

But yes, I really believe that you need to obtain some counselling and also to give your GP the full rundown on things because he 'may' need to give you some meds to assist you for a while as well.  Just a possibility.  If he does, then please accept them because they are purely designed to help you.

Grief is an awful thing and something that each of us must face during our lives.  It never gets any easier and no matter how you feel, don't question it, because it is just how you are dealing with the situation and how you are trying to cope getting through each day.

I hope that you can stay with us for a while and I look forward to hearing from you again.

Kind regards

Neil