I feel so alone since I lost my mom…

My mom died about a year and a half ago. She had Bowel cancer and after being told she had about a year left to live, she fought for 7 months and sadly we had to say goodbye. 
my mom was my everything. We did everything together, we loved the same movies and tv shows and always had movie nights and loved going out for coffee together. We loved going for walks and going on drives and even when she was poorly we tried to do as many of our favourite things together as we could- almost as if to continue as normal and not let the cancer rule every part of our life. 
Our house was never empty. It was the house where all friends and family would meet and come together and we had so many lovely moments in our house over the years. When she was poorly this only continued and the house was so full and so lively and so happy and full of love. 
 

But since she died things just haven't been the same. People don't come to visit anymore. The phone doesn't ring. People don't come round for a coffee. (Before or since the pandemic). 
I feel like my family have become distant. To the point where I don't get invited to peoples houses anymore or to go out for coffees or meals. Even when I ask them to come over or I ask to go to theirs there's always an excuse for why they can't. 
I broke up with my partner of six years just after my mom died and lost a lot of friends along with that as they were friends of his or his family members who I had befriended who obviously stayed on his "side" and left me to it. 
My own friends don't really bother with me anymore. I only see them if I ask them to come over or I ask them to do things. I feel like they never really invite me to do things. And a lot of the time they cancel plans. I don't have a lot of friends so it hurts when the friends I do have just don't make the effort anymore. 
my closest family members- as in those who I speak to the most- live in the states (I'm in the UK) so although we talk a lot I can't see them or spend time with them. 
I do have a new partner but he lives in a different town so we only see each other on our days off from work. 
 

so all in all I just feel really alone. 
I don't have my mom anymore and I'm still struggling through grief and I just feel like my friends and family distancing themselves just makes it all the more harder. I honestly feel like I've changed as a person since mom died. I don't laugh as much as I used to. And I will happily sit in silence because I just don't have a lot to say anymore. I feel a bit lifeless. And I feel like my friends are just bored of this now and don't know what to do or how to be around me. But I'm just so lonely. And I don't know what to do anymore. 
I guess I don't really have a question- just needed somehwere to rant and for someone somewhere to hear me. Just once. 

  • Hi R1993V,

    I hear you and I am so sorry you lost your mum, it's hard isn't it.

    My beautiful mum died nearly 3 years ago now and I think about her every day.

    You write about lovely memories of your mum and how you used to spend time together, I know it won't be the same but I don't know if you go on the same walks that you both used to go on, maybe that might make you feel not so far away from her. Crazy as it sounds, I think our mum's are watching over us and I want my mum to see me smile, laugh and understand when I sometimes can't stop the tears and life feels unbearable without her.

    I might be quite a bit older than you; I took early retirement and I now do volunteer work, my mum always helped others, she was very kind, I hope she would be proud of what I do. 

    I feel the same as you, changing as a person, I think alot of people say the same, life won't ever be the same but different is not the end of the world and accepting loss is part of it, nearly 3 years on and I'm still trying and when I 'speak' to a photo of my mum, I tell her I'm ok and not too worry.

    Friends sometimes just don't know how best to act and some friendships will fall by the wayside but life will also throw new friends your way, so watch out for that. I know bit more difficult at the moment with Covid but with places opening up, could you perhaps join a local club with interests that you have or there seem to be websites for making new friends but do some research before joining up. Or as you say, if you just want to have a rant, the people on this forum are great and importantly understand some of what you're going through, I say some as grief is personal and there are no time limits or right or wrong ways to grieve. Somebody here will always reply, easy for me to say but please don't feel alone.

    Take care

    x