Bereavement - Teens Support Group

well...there is one thing someone else on this site told me to do when I was grieving.

Write a personal letter to your dad saying anything and everything you wanted to say to him, then burn that letter. Or if you don't have access to a fire, throw it off a bridge somewhere so it sinks into the water.

My Dad is dead too. I kinda understand how horrible it feels that a parent is gone, it rips me up inside sometimes. I hate that I feel like he abandoned me because he died. It makes me feel guilty for kind of hating him, which only makes things worse.

I'm also trying to move on, and it's very difficult sometimes. All my friends it's awkward to talk about death, so I can't talk to them about it. I think writing to him would help, to get your feelings out. Talking to someone might help, but that's so hard to do. I have serious trouble talking to adults about stuff like this.

I don't think the pain will ever really all go away but I think i can learn to live with it. I'm trying to forgive him and forgive myself so I can cherish the good memories i had with him and forget the bad.

I hoped that helped. It's hard to deal with stuff like this, but it makes you a stronger person in the end.

June 16th will be 3 years since my dad died. I was 16 when he committed suicide (I'm now 19) My dad wasn't an awful or bad person, but he had a lot of demons and it was a lot to handle. Despite any bad I focus on the good.
I feel the exact same way, I keep asking myself why did you do this to me, even though I know better I can't help it. But then I think about how everything happens for a reason. My reason is my son who turned 1 today, if my dad hadn't passed away I wouldn't have my son, and that little boy is my entire world. It's so hard to think positively when your hurting so bad but I know my dad is better off now, if it hadn't happened the way it did it could have been so much worse, and caused so much more pain.