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Death in the Family
Replies: 5 — Last Post April 28, 2008 4:53am by x Jean Paul x
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My Great-Grandfather passed away on Thursday at 97 years old. Now i realize he lived a nice long life and was here to see me through my 19th birthday. He's been sick for a couple years, but i still feel like this is so random. I really don't know what to do. I'm fine during the day, even talking to people about it i'm okay. But the second i try to go to bed it's all i think about so i end up staying up until all hours of the night. Last night i finally crashed. I was able to go to bed at 10 oclock because my body couldn't physically stay awake any longer. Although this is not the first death in my family, it's the first one i feel affected by. It's been over ten years since someone else has passed away and this is hitting me way too fast. Does anyone have any good ways to cope? I've been looking online but i can't really find anything. Thanks!
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I was thinking about how sad my grandpa look when my grandma died, with you mentioning a funeral.

 I'm not sure about the ways to cope though, just...be glad that you are still young and healthy and so's your family.

 And Cool, my great-grandfather passed away at 97 too. Technically it's 101, but somehow after calculations it was 97.

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Sorry to hear.

I've never suffered a severe family bereavement ,I couldn't give solid advice, although what I hear most of time is accept it and move on. - Which i'm sure would be difficult at first.

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Yes it hasn't even been a week yet, and it's been a weekend..Today was my first day of work since then, and tomorrow will be my first day at school, so hopefully as i start getting busier i wont think about it as much. i'm hoping it will get better over time.
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The best I can offer you is to give it time.  You may be fine throughout the day, but that's probably your body trying to defend your emotions.  I take it your someone that rarely shows your emotions to others?  Do you view emotions such as sadness or crying as a weakness?  It's just a thought...

Either way, there's no reason that this ~shouldn't~ affect you... so while I can't make the pain go away, I just hope you realize that how you feel is normal.  And that at night, when yuo're by yourself, you just want to let it all go?  Then let it go... It's hard to face the reality of the situation, but with time, you'll find that you're able to start coping with it... and instead of sadness when you think about him, you'll remember the good times you spent with him.  That's what I believe anyway.

My condolences to your and your family.

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