No. Funerals can be a comfort and you felt comforted by the funeral. This is, in fact, the intention of funerals. I tend to either want to laugh or to cry at funerals, but that's just me. It's like I cry at weddings. The occassion does different things to different people.

Don't feel bad about not crying at the funeral. It's really okay.


C.

Sometimes I think it could be a defense mechanism for some. funerals can be so overstimulating with emotions and people, that all we can do is just go through the motions to get through and then break down later when we are alone.

My friend,I am sorry for your loss. Over the years I have counseled with many that have lost loved ones. When I read your message it got me to thinking about how each one dealt with their own personal loss. I have rarely seen any two people handle their grief the same way.
Some cried for weeks/months and some took days or weeks to sink in. We all deal with loss in our own special way but it does not mean that we love less or more. We are only human.

I hated dad's funeral stood there like a zombie the whole time. Hugging this person shaking the hand of another. Most of the faces I don't remember.Plus I felt the heat leave my dad body. He passed moments before I was there. As I see it felt his lingering soul leave his body. The body in the casket was not him just his shell. The service was for others not me.I cray alot at home and what not but not at his service duty is duty, and I sreved him well. He would have been proud of me.

I hope ur doing better and have some of your answers to your questions...I too did not cry at Ashlynns' or Levis' funeral....I was all cried out...numb...thank God...It had nothing to do with how much I loved them, it had every thing to do with the amount of stress I had gone through and dealing with the pain of them being gone...I am glad that I was to numb to cry that day..I was able to help those that had not dealt with it..Oh though how I cried after..and still do from time to time...God Bless you Hope that you are doing well. Rainy

I truly believe that in the first few months we are in shock... When I look back now, I cannot belive all that I did, how did I focus, then a few months later fall apart.. I think it is our body's way of giving us just a bit of grief at a time, because we would surely fall apart if we FELT it all right away. There is nothing wrong with NOT crying.....