I’m so lost - mum died and I have no parents

Hi, my mum just passed away early this morning and I am panicking at what my life has now become. She was due to come home on Friday but on thurs night she insisted on staying in the care home she had been in. This broke me but I went with it. In hindsight, I think she knew she was going to die. Watching her pass away, the noises she made, her face was unrecognisable at the end - it has truly traumatised me. I can't get the images out of my head and it makes me cry uncontrollably .

 

 I'm 30, and only child and my mum was a single parent. And I now can't think how to move forward or accept what has happened - living a life without any parents. It's been said countless times, but my mum was my rock. I have a husband and a 3 and 1 year old, but the truth is I don't feel like I'm about to continue for their sake. I know I should but I just can't. 
 

i have called Samaritans but I feel so hopeless and that life is just not worth living. I'm embarrassed to say it as I have children but I just can't help how I feel. I've decided that I won't be attending her funeral, as hard as it is I think it will tip me over the edge and I'm scared of what the outcome will be. 
 

sorry for the long post, I'm not sure what I'm seeking right now but just wanted to put my thoughts on a page

Parents
  • I'm so sorry for your loss! Not cancer related but I suddenly lost my mum in December 2021 and I had also just turned 30. There is no pain like it. It sounds as if you had a similar relationship to ours. We were inseparable. The best of friends! I am still broken to this day but I have got by as I have a 4 year old who gets me through every day. I completely understand how you feel and I'm exactly the same. It still hasn't got any better for me at all, I can't comprehend how my fit and healthy 56 year old mother is no longer here to see my daughter grow up which is all that she looked forward to! You will realise that you will love through your children, they will keep you sane and you will take each day as it comes. Please be kind to yourself! If you need to vent I'm here to listen xx

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  • I'm so sorry for your loss! Not cancer related but I suddenly lost my mum in December 2021 and I had also just turned 30. There is no pain like it. It sounds as if you had a similar relationship to ours. We were inseparable. The best of friends! I am still broken to this day but I have got by as I have a 4 year old who gets me through every day. I completely understand how you feel and I'm exactly the same. It still hasn't got any better for me at all, I can't comprehend how my fit and healthy 56 year old mother is no longer here to see my daughter grow up which is all that she looked forward to! You will realise that you will love through your children, they will keep you sane and you will take each day as it comes. Please be kind to yourself! If you need to vent I'm here to listen xx

Children
  • I'm so sorry you went through something similar with your mum and so suddenly too. I feel exactly the same as you, like my kids have been cheated from having her around during their lives. I'm so sorry for them and nothing I can do will make it better. None of my friends have lost one parent let alone two, so I feel like no one can relate this around me.  I just find each hour right now so impossible, I can only get through it if I just try and think of something else. But in the end I end up looking at photos and videos of her and it breaks me over and over again xx