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Lost My 45 Year Old Daughter 10/21/2017. Cannot cope.

jeanette1952

She had gastric bypass surgery that went wrong. She ended up dying from septic shock from two liver abscesses. She went into the hospital...

3 answers | 1 comment

My 2 month old baby boy just passed away

Evie1029

My sweet baby boy just died from Zelleweger's Syndrome. His funeral is this Friday and he passed on July 2nd which happened to also be ...

3 answers | 2 comments

hearing the dead

ksanden

i wanna no something that came to my attention today. 3 wks after my mother passed away i heard her say my name KRIS it was late at nite ...

14 answers | 1 comment

Father

Alexander_rob

I lost my father 7 years ago and ever since i cant be happy, nothing makes me happy anymore. He was everything to me and now im constatly...

1 answer

Ambiguous Loss? Who grieves whom?

Mattsmom27

My son survived a catastrophic neurologic crisis that began in March 4,2018. Matthew was incarcerated in 2016 and I was the only person t...

My husband died of cyrrhosis; why did he get childish then attack me?

Lowikins

After all the emergency room visits - the paracenteses, the banding of his varices, the spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, his last stage...

3 answers

Lost dad, life falling apart

Littleshaip

Last year my 37 year old dad was diagnosed with cancer and after watching him suffer and lay in a coma for weeks he passed in January. S...

2 answers

My best friend died and Now I can't do anything anymore

The_Nameless_girl

Since his deathbI can't eat without getting sick. I also sleep all day. The other day I had a panic attack so bad that I was passing out...

1 answer

Can't cope with guilt and sadness after cat's death

KSKD123

I feel horrible about the time leading up to my cat's death. She was 15-16, and we'd always been so close. She was my baby. I referred to...

Is There Life Without Mom ?

Gabrielle Genet

I recently suffered the tragic loss of my dear mother not too long ago. I have since been placed in the center of dramatic life chang...

11 answers

I'm 42, my husband is 62, I'm terrified!!

AKBeck

I lost my only child only 6 months ago, he was 21. Died from a gunshot to the head, while I was in the next room. I found him....My heart...

5 answers

Alone and tired

mee25

Feeling that i have mt familly today only because they hate my husband. Feel so lost and tired. How will i cope without ever seeing them...

2 answers

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