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Bereavement Forum - Your Questions About Grief Answered

This bereavement forum is where you can get free online grief support, ask your questions about grief and join in discussions.   I will try and answer as many questions as I can but hope that you will join in the discussions and help each other too. You can also find a lot of answers to common questions about bereavement here.  

My 45 years of working in nursing, from midwifery to health visiting to running a nursing home has enabled me to help many people cope with grief.  But I am not a doctor or a psychologist.  So if you are very depressed, please do consult with your own medical practitioner, or consider online counseling.  

If you have a short comment which you feel might be more appropriate on our Facebook page, you can join in and post comments there too.  The join button is in the right hand column under "Find us here" .

Pink Rose to comfort those in need of the bereavement forum.

We only ask that you treat each other with respect.  This grief forum is intended to help those coping with the loss of a loved one, a separation or divorce, the death of a pet, the grief from a job loss,  miscarriage or any other of life's misfortunes. 

Grief is not a competition.  No-one can truly understand what another is going through, so please be understanding.  What might seem trivial to one, may be a major life challenge for another. 

We hope that you will share your knowledge and tips and advice that you have found useful.  It is hoped that this will be a positive, uplifting bereavement forum, where you can come to help and be helped.

We will be checking each question and comment before it goes live on the site.  Any submission which contains anything which might be offensive to any of our readers will not be published.  Also, please have a read through the other questions first, as your question may have already been asked.  If your question is already there, join in the discussion by posting your comments there. 

Any advice on this site should not be a substitute for proper medical care.  If you are at all worried please do consult your own doctor or professional counsellor. 

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We hope that the answers you receive will help you on your journey to acceptance. Do come back later to share how you are getting on.

What Other Visitors Have Asked

Click below to see questions and answers from other visitors to this page...

Why am I feeling this way? 
Had a very good friend for 15 years. We were couple friends, my husband really liked her husband and so did I. We traveled the world with them golfed, …

Overwhelmed by Grief 
I’m 46 and lost my girlfriend this week. 3 years of being together. She lost her daughter a few months before we met and that led to her being down …

My Mom and Missing Her  
Good morning, the anniversary of my Mom’s passing was 1/29. It’s been four years. Sometimes it’s like yesterday. How can I find peace with her being …

My Complicated Grief 
I lost my husband of 32 years in August of 2021. The day he died, 2 of our 6 children were called by a woman that stated she had been involved with my …

Forum Questions about Grief after Suicide 
My partner committed suicide in our home on 7/1 2017 following an argument during which I left the house. I feel so responsible and feel that had I stayed …

Forum Questions about Loss of Life Partner 
Hello I lost my husband Nov 2015 to terrible lung cancer. He was only 62. We have one son. My husband went 18 months and got better than worse back …

Forum Questions about Loss of a Child Grief 
Hi, Thank you for creating this page! I lost my 19 yrs old son to cancer 9 months back. He was in college when diagnosed and we brought him home and …

Forum Questions about the Grief of Multiple Losses 
Yes, but here I am feeling sorry for myself because my only surviving daughter is leaving home in a few days. Why? Because she has to as she is 27 …

Forum Questions about Grieving the Loss of a Parent 
My mother died on the 27th December 2013 of heart failure. She was on antibiotics for an infection and seemed OK, but soon fell ill rapidly and was taken …

Forum Questions about Grief for Loss of Health 
Thank you for your careful thoughts. I appreciate how understanding you are after a loss. I am considering my father-in-law's approach to death and …

More General Grief Questions from our Readers 
A friend of mine lost her son a few months ago. She doesn't seem to be coping very well at all. I tried to get her to see someone, but she says she doesn't …

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Where to get help: 

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Do you feel alone and sad with no support and no idea how to move forward?  It can be tough when you are stuck in grief to find the motivation to get the most out of your precious life. 

Online counseling can help by giving you that support so you don't feel so alone. You can have someone to talk to anytime you like, a kind and understanding person who will help you to find meaning in life again, to treasure the memories of your loved one without being overwhelmed and to enjoy your activities, family and friends again.

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Try a gentle hypnotherapy track to relax the mind. Learn how self-hypnosis can help you cope with grief at any time of the day or night.  

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SUPPORT FOR BEREAVED PARENTS

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Losing a child to cancer is devastating, and there is a critical need to develop effective supports.

A federally-funded study in the United States (US) evaluating different types of support for bereaved parents is currently seeking participants. Parents residing in the US may be eligible if they lost a child diagnosed with cancer at least 6 months ago and live in one of the following states: NY, NJ, PA, CT, FL, or TN (other eligible states are being added, please complete the survey to check with us).

To find out if you may be eligible, please click here, visit our website at bereavedparentsupportstudy.com, or email us at parentstudy@mskcc.org.

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