Loss of wife

[Darrene77]

It has been 3 months since my wife passed leaving me to raise our two children alone. Everyday i am at a loss. And now every week at work i keep skipping days as finding it hard to cope am sure i will probabaly get sacked. I have no friends or family in Australia to turn too and i struggle to make new connections as i have severe social anxiety. Just feel hopeless and alone

[geoff]

Hi Darrene, my heartfelt condolences to you and your children, 3 months up till now must have been excruciating for you to even contemplate to know what to do and how to cope with this terrible event, my deepest sympathies are with you and your family.

It's going to be very difficult going to work, so you mustn't push yourself to the point where you might be thinking 'I'll be ok', pretending that all is OK, when in actual fact you're struggling to bring home a wage, please don't do this because the government can provide support for you and I have one link I can provide you if need this support.

Now I don't want to confuse you with a long reply or too much detail but please know how much we care for you and deeply want to help you.

My Best.

Geoff.

[Guest_093]

Hi Darrene welcome sincerely to the forum, we are a great bunch here! Yes I know exactly how you feel now, I lost my husband of 22 years marriage last Friday due to a infection although unfortunately we had no dependants to speak of, and yes it is hard for me and still devastated over it but as I need to constantly remind myself which is hard in itself, just 1 step in front of the other. 1 Left step, then 1 right step and it feels like small steps at times but they are steps! I am currently on bereavement leave and have given myself probably another 2 weeks off but have re-think that idea and would love to go away somewhere for a day or so to be with nature and chill out, it is very yakka to lose a loved one and 1 situation I thought I would safely say that I would not be in but here I am. 1 step at a time. So drawing to a close for a nanna nap tonight I generally posted in the wrong area earlier silly duffer that I am, confusion is not term I use lightly any more. Night darren and every1. Spitfire1