Can’t cope with the loss of my Dad

I lost my dad to lung cancer a couple of days after Christmas, it's been 3 months and I am just sinking deeper and deeper. All people say to me is, it takes time, it gets better, what can you do to distract yourself, it infuriates me!

Im 39 ( he won't see my 40th in 2 months and I won't either), my dad was 63, robbed of the rest of his life, he hadn't even retired. 
Im an only child, no parents now, no partner, my friends don't understand and I can go days without so much as a message or a phone call from anywhere. My phone is perminantly switched off now. I have 2 children and I can no longer be a mum to them anymore because I am crushed by sadness and loneliness. I have absolutely no one. I'm pathetic.

Sometimes I get so angry with my Dad and shout, I'll never forgive you for dying and leaving me on my own. People say, he's up there guiding you, yeah right, if he was everything wouldn't be such a mess. It's obvious now that when you die that is it, there's no nothing. I often think I must of been a terrible daughter and now I am being punished.

I don't even know why I'm writing this post, I've no one to talk to and nobody cares anyway

  • Hi sorry for your loss and I do understand,I lost my mum,sister and dad within 5 years of each other then I was diagnosed with cancer myself,you are not pathetic at all you are just grieving for your dad,in time it will get easier,I just think of all the good memories I have,try to keep yourself busy,you do feel angry but that thought will ease x

  • I'm sorry to read your post, I was 34 when my dad died (he was 66). My world fell apart..

    One thing that helped me was online counselling via out local hospice. I don't know if this is something that you can access? If not, it might just be worth writing everything down, even emailing it to yourself just to get it 'out there'. Your feeling are valid and you need to talk.. I know people saying things like it will get better can just sound really frustrating. It doesn't get better, but you will learn to live with it & cope. 
    How old are your children? Can you explain to them that you are really hurting right now, but with their love you know you will be ok? It might help you all?

    thinking of you x