DJC13Casual Contributor
Need help I am feeling so lost
I am not in a good space. I am feeling very frustrated and lost. I feel like everyone is doing better than me. I am just so unhappy.
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Need help I am feeling so lost
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Re: Need help I am feeling so lost
@DJC13
Hello and welcome to the forum.
Losing a child is a most difficult loss. Sometimes it seems outrageous that the rest of the world moves on when we are struggling with a mountain of grief. Its never really done ... tick ... thats over .... but there are layers and phases and ways to deal with it. I have come to accept grief work as part of my life til I die myself.
Not sure where you are at with it, but having some "mementos" and also "memorial" times like birthday or other special moment) to celebrate aspects of your son may help.
From my experience it helped to really do some symbolic things and gradually the memories and sense of trauma about it receded. Not when I looked for less grief, but when I surprised myself looking back at how my feelings had changed.
In my understanding mental health issues are often psychosocial and have real causes, beyond vague chemical inbalances or its in your genes type of thinking.
