Hi,

I'm so sorry you're going through this, but yes, I know exactly how you feel. I posted on here recently, as sometimes I don't feel as if I'm coping at all, and don't know if I shoud be feeling myself again after a year?

I lost both my parents, within 9 weeks, both unexpectedly, and was left in complete shock.

No matter our age, losing our parents suddenly has a huge impact, my hair fell out in handfuls too, and i've struggled to sleep and even eat some days.

I can be in the middle of reading, working, watching a film etc, and sudenly realise, I'm not actually concentrating on that, but thinking about my parents, and I've totally lost track of what I was supposed to be doing.

Don't feel you're alone, there are so many of us in the same situation. I'm just a year on, and while I no longer cry everyday, my thoughts are certainly on my parents a lot of the time everyday.

When we lose someone so quickly, it takes a huge toll on our bodies as we struggle to process what's happened, and I think hair loss is common in these shock situations.

Try to rest, take time out to just do anything that can make you happy for a while, I sit in the garden and listen to the birds, and have some lovely minature roses flowering that were a present from my Dad just before he died. 

I can't say it's easier this year, than when it happened, but I hope it will get easier in time.

It's so hard to get used to the people you always turned to, no longer being there.

I find these forums help, as you realise you're not the only one feeling like this. 

Sending hugs, you're not alone x

Hi,

I'm so sorry you're going through this, but yes, I know exactly how you feel. I posted on here recently, as sometimes I don't feel as if I'm coping at all, and don't know if I shoud be feeling myself again after a year?

I lost both my parents, within 9 weeks, both unexpectedly, and was left in complete shock.

No matter our age, losing our parents suddenly has a huge impact, my hair fell out in handfuls too, and i've struggled to sleep and even eat some days.

I can be in the middle of reading, working, watching a film etc, and sudenly realise, I'm not actually concentrating on that, but thinking about my parents, and I've totally lost track of what I was supposed to be doing.

Don't feel you're alone, there are so many of us in the same situation. I'm just a year on, and while I no longer cry everyday, my thoughts are certainly on my parents a lot of the time everyday.

When we lose someone so quickly, it takes a huge toll on our bodies as we struggle to process what's happened, and I think hair loss is common in these shock situations.

Try to rest, take time out to just do anything that can make you happy for a while, I sit in the garden and listen to the birds, and have some lovely minature roses flowering that were a present from my Dad just before he died. 

I can't say it's easier this year, than when it happened, but I hope it will get easier in time.

It's so hard to get used to the people you always turned to, no longer being there.

I find these forums help, as you realise you're not the only one feeling like this. 

Sending hugs, you're not alone x