Loss of Father

[AuntDK]

I lost my dad July 25, 2022 and up until recently. I’ve been able to cope with it but for some reason the last few weeks it has felt really heavy. I got through the funeral and the first few months fine but now I have trouble just functioning every day. I don’t wanna do anything I don’t wanna get out of bed I force myself to get up and work and to go out with friends and family. Does anyone have any suggestions on how you overcome this feeling seven months later I feel like I miss my dad more today than I did the day he died. I have a counselor she says I’m where I should be mentally I don’t know I suffer from panic attacks and anxiety and I would like to just have a day where I felt better, but that doesn’t seem to come. Sleep is interrupted and I take a sleeping pill, diagnosed by my doctor. Just reaching out to see if anyone has any suggestions. Thank you all and hope you have a good day.

[Shnookie]

so sorry for your loss. Perhaps a bereavement group might be of health to you. Tho you do have a counselor which is commendable sometimes being around a group of your peers can be therapeutic. I was the sole caregiver for my mom who died from pancreatic cancer. I went to a bereavement group thru a cancer support community where I live and found it to be very helpful in going forward with my life.

It allowed me to get back into society and go on with my life. I’m here 4 U

Hugs 🤗 S

[AuntDK in reply to Shnookie]

THANKYOU will check with Hospice we used

[Shnookie in reply to AuntDK]

I wish you good luck on your journey.

[Thankfulforhelp22]

Sorry to hear of your loss. When my Dad passed the grief played out over an extended period but like you it didn't hit me immediately. It takes a while to really feel the absence sometimes.

Helps to talk to someone about it, and if you are a praying person that helps as well. Sometimes I would even talk to my dad - tell him I appreciated him, loved him etc.

You will heal eventually and your thoughts of him will bring joy.