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Can't watch. TV

Tosoonmom
Tosoonmom
Because I see the shows she used to watch.....with me sometimes....but more on her own and I would ask her to update me. Oh mom, where did you go....why did you go...I can't go on without you.
Community Leadercliffskat
cliffskat
My husband died a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving, which meant that in addition to all the shows we watched together, there were a bunch of holiday shows on - with happy, intact families in them of course. I couldn't cope. And I was too much of a mess to withstand watching the traumas on the news, violent shows and movies, etc. So, I went to the library and took out DVDs instead. My sons and I watched anything and everything - movies, documentaries, really old tv shows - anything that looked 'safe' for how we were feeling. The old, very silly comedies were great, too, because we needed a laugh. I read the news online - that way I could pick and choose which stories to see. It just seemed like on the nightly news on tv that every night some insensitive reporter was shoving a microphone in the face of some grieving family member and asking them how they feel. WTF? How do you think they feel?? Duh!

Some shows my husband and I watched I still cannot bear to watch. Most, however, I have been able to get back to. Things will improve for you in time. It won't always hurt so much. Don't give up.

Love and Hugs,
Martha