Lost my dad and not had the reaction and support I expected.

I lost my dad on recently and his funeral was just before Christmas....my dad prepared us well for his passing and his past few months was the best we could have had as a family. We did so many experiances, meals out, family gatherings and it was as positive as we would have made it given the circumstances of his pancreatic cancer.

Loosing him is beyond painful and I am struggling to grieve. This is because there has been a lot of other funerals of late, 6 in total and they were all unexpected deaths and I have supported my friends through them, however the underlying issue that they all have raised is that because we had time to prepare...I have somehow got the better deal...my situation is not anything like theres......and some comments are quiet cutting.

I feel isolated and an unsure where do go from here with these friendships?

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  • Hello evieg1,

    So sorry to hear about your Dad.  It sounds like it has been an horrendous year for alot of people I speak to. Grieving is a strange old thing. Everyone grieves differently, so do not start cutting out friends and giving up on them. Losing someone close to us changes everything.

    By the sounds of things your friends are so wrapped up in their own terrible going ons they are struggling to find time and energy to comfort you. Anger, resentment is all part of grieving. There is no straight forward way we grieve. It's a whole world wind of emotions beyond our control. Your friends may look back one day and think 'Oh god I wasn't very good then.' 

    I lost my beautiful Mum at 52 just 5 months ago, it's been bloody awful. Actually, My friend  text me Christmas day telling me her friend had just died. Looking back I probably could have been more supportive, but I was a bit crap to be honest. I was to busy trying to get through the first Christmas without Mum. 

    There has been so much bad news this year, I struggle to find the energy to be supportive to friends when they need me. I don't mean it, I love them to bits. But they understand. I will send her a text, as feeling a bit bad now. 

    Chin up, you can get through this. It's tough, but you will get there. 

     

    All the best,

    Janna 

     

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  • Hello evieg1,

    So sorry to hear about your Dad.  It sounds like it has been an horrendous year for alot of people I speak to. Grieving is a strange old thing. Everyone grieves differently, so do not start cutting out friends and giving up on them. Losing someone close to us changes everything.

    By the sounds of things your friends are so wrapped up in their own terrible going ons they are struggling to find time and energy to comfort you. Anger, resentment is all part of grieving. There is no straight forward way we grieve. It's a whole world wind of emotions beyond our control. Your friends may look back one day and think 'Oh god I wasn't very good then.' 

    I lost my beautiful Mum at 52 just 5 months ago, it's been bloody awful. Actually, My friend  text me Christmas day telling me her friend had just died. Looking back I probably could have been more supportive, but I was a bit crap to be honest. I was to busy trying to get through the first Christmas without Mum. 

    There has been so much bad news this year, I struggle to find the energy to be supportive to friends when they need me. I don't mean it, I love them to bits. But they understand. I will send her a text, as feeling a bit bad now. 

    Chin up, you can get through this. It's tough, but you will get there. 

     

    All the best,

    Janna 

     

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