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I'm struggling with the loss of my mum

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I'm finding it very hard at the moment. Mum passed away 2 weeks ago, after a long battle with cancer, we knew she didn't have long left towards the end but it still wasn't easy letting go. It's just me and my dad now, i don't live at home but live round the corner, we've never really been particularly close I was always closer to mum, she was my best friend, I just don't know how we're going to get through this. I also don't have anyone else, I live alone and don't really have any friends so it's been a struggle that way too. I know I will get through it, it's just really difficult just now and can't see how I'll get through it even though I know I will.

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    I'm so sorry for the loss of your mum. 
    Two weeks is a very short space of time, so please don't be so hard on yourself.

    I lost my mum in March 2021, while the pain is not as intense as it was when it first happened, I still miss her every day. But what I've learnt that it's okay to feel like that, she was my mum for all my life. I can't possibly heal from her loss in a year or two, it will take a lifetime. But I will be reunited with her one day, and that's what keeps me going. 
     

    Sending you lots of love and prayers. 
     

    So understand you're not alone in what you're feeling, and allow yourself to grief. 

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    I'm so sorry for the loss of your mum. 
    Two weeks is a very short space of time, so please don't be so hard on yourself.

    I lost my mum in March 2021, while the pain is not as intense as it was when it first happened, I still miss her every day. But what I've learnt that it's okay to feel like that, she was my mum for all my life. I can't possibly heal from her loss in a year or two, it will take a lifetime. But I will be reunited with her one day, and that's what keeps me going. 
     

    Sending you lots of love and prayers. 
     

    So understand you're not alone in what you're feeling, and allow yourself to grief. 

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