Lost my mum

hi all, em am not really sure what has made me come onto this but anyways am 16 and I lost my mum too brain tumour a month ago. Here's my story. She got diagnosed in America on a family holiday 6 years ago and she stayed there for over a month while we came home. I was too young to understand any of it but as I have got older I understand it more. I used to be okay with coping with it all but 3 years ago she went into a coma after she had a seizure and I saw it happen and since that day I never went to hospital to see her, I'd avoid talking about it too people I didn't tell any of my friend bar 2 and they aren't even my to best friends, I'd leave the house any chance I could so I could get away from it all. Anything to avoid seeing her so I'll or talking about it I did. Iknow saying this sounds awful but now I realise I should have changed. I tried not to think about the tumour killing my mum and that I'd have so many more years left with her I didn't think it take her so soon but it just kept progressing. since her passing I still have barely talked unless people force me. I get so angry when I get upset about it all I just don't know what to do cus I really hate talking to family and friends about it's cus it isn't going to change anything. I've been so lost since it happened and barely been sleeping or soializing with anyone cus am just always in a bad mood. I still can't believe how soon it's happened and how's she's gone am so lost without her Andy there's nothing More now that I regret than not changing how I coped and spending time with her I wish I cud change that so much it keeps getting to me that I just avoided thinking it go away and Mowbray it has I feel awful 

  • I lost my mum just two months ago, regrets are a normal part of grieving. Sounds like you had a lot to deal with at the mere age of 16. I'm 29 and nurse my mum until the end but as a 16 yr old things were different. You'll have good and bad days, enjoy the good as much as you can with no regrets. I don't know your mum but I'm sure she would want you to continue a happy loved life. X
  • Hi there ... it's one of the hardest things we have to go through , losing our mums and you are so young too ... my step daughter went through similar feeling that you did ... she was at college and exams were coming up ... the only way she could cope was going out and partying as then she could block it out .. seeing her mums last months ... her mum got cancer everywhere in the end and in the last weeks she didn't know who any one was ... 

    i also had a niece who lost her lovely step dad suddenly and he was young and she did the same .. cos everytime she walked in her home she felt overwhelmed by grief ... so stayed at her friends as often as she could .. I found her and really talked it out .. she loved him so much her heart was braking.. so she did the same and tried not to face it all ...

    in talking to both these lasses (on different years) the one thing I learned is when your young your brain keeps you safe by staying away/ Shutting it out .. its as if it's a safety mechanism in trying to protect you ... even though it stays with you ... please don't feel guilty as what you done was what other young ones have done too ... I'm sure your mum would look down and say it's o.k and not want you to be so sad ..

    i have two sons and one was there every step of the way for my cancer journey and the other like you couldn't be there ... I still love both with all my heart and knew he still loved me but found it too hard and that was o.k ... even when I was rushed to the operating room in an emergency... I thought of him and worried he would go through what you did and he was the one I wanted to hug as I went out ...

    im sure your mum understood how you were feeling ... all I can say is keep talking or put your feelings on here and be kind to your heart ️ big hug Chrisie x

  • Yeh i know am young so I've never fully understand so losing her was never a reality in my head until I did. Everyday has been so hard without her and to be honest this is one my first times really talking
  • Talking is one the hardest things through the five years I barely ever spoke and since I happened I still haven't. Just finding the words is hard and I don't trust a lot of people I have some trusting issues because I never wanted people to know about my mum but when I told one girl she qent and blabbed it to a lot of people who I didn't even know so since then I haven't talked. And am similar a lot of people worry bout this but I'd always go out partying and drink to much just thinking it would all go away for abit iknow I shudnt but it just take a my mind away for abit but my matss have been saying no. I've so much explaining to do to my best friends abs I never told the man about any of this and I told others but just trying to talk is too hard for me. Thanks Chrisie x

  • Hay there ... you are talking ... on here , its a start and every little step will help a tiny bit ... even if it's just on here to people you don't know and who won't talk to people you know ... it's a bit like a safety valve on here ... we can't take someone's problems away but we can listen and send a virtual hug to keep you going .. your braver then you realise , bless ya heart ... regards Chrisie ️ 

  • YEH this is like my first time like I really dunno what it is that made me share my story on this just every day isn't getting better and it's  bad and just avoiding everyone and with school too I feel like people just all feel sorry for me and treat me weird now