Bereavement Support Group

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Cassandrax3 09/09/2013

So its been 6 months since i lost my dad. I've recently been prescribed antidepressants and i know that they take a while to work and kick in but its been 2 weeks and instead of feeling better, i feel blah. Now i know i'm probably being impatient but im kind of getting tired of feeling like this. Now like i said, i know times supposed to heal all but...yeah. Now all though this may sound really bad, im not going to do anything harmful so dont worry, but i just really cant imagine my life anymore. It was perfect but then it got messed up 6 months ago. i just wish i can go back in time and fix it but you just cant. And i really dont believe time heals all. But then again, i could be wrong. Help? Words of advice please.

barbarame 09/10/2013

You DO get to a time when things change. The memories are always there but you view them differently. No longer with a searing pain, but a sweeter kind of remembering. I find I can now relive my memories and enjoy most of them. I am glad to have them. You too will reach that place.

lostsoul72 09/10/2013

I don't think Time heals anything . The pain just fades.

Try to focus on the good and the great memories , that helps me to get through it.

Hugs and best of luck.

P.S. It usually take 2 to 3 weeks for anti-depressants to start working and they build up and help more as time goes by.

koolman 09/10/2013

Time, physical exercise and new, fun relationships heal all!

deleted_user 09/11/2013

6 months ,you have a long way to go,try to remember,how happy you were, lucky to have a Dad, the fun times, do things in memory of him,It takes time, along time, take care of yourself,when my Dad died, I help a homeless man,in my neighborhood, volenlteer,at a food bank helping others, It wont take your heart ach way, but in time, God will heal your pain...

koolman 09/11/2013

God sure has healed mine, in the form of two new nephews and a niece! New life in the family has completely healed old wounds. Those new little ones will never completely replace the exact original spirit of the one who passed, but they sure do restore a lot of fun, freshness and sweetness to my life and to my family's. Babies are proof that God is there, sees a need and fills it. They are proof that life goes on.

deleted_user 09/13/2013

I lost my dad 5 months ago, my psychiatrist (i'm dx with bipolar) ended up giving me Xanax to help me sleep because I would just cry at night when I tried to sleep, and be up all night

I'm not so sure time will heal it, but something a good friend told me stuck with me and I try to remember...."it wont ever hurt any less, it will just hurt less often"

I don't think the pain of loosing our fathers will ever go away, or be any less, I just think that somewhere down the road it will just hurt less often

deleted_user 09/17/2013

Sweetie nothing takes away the pain EVER and there are changing moments through grief , good days, bad, worse days, tearful days, angry days, and that happens sometimes creeping up on you, sometimes lasting days or weeks, BUT time doesn't (for me) heal but time helps to make me cope, move things along as and when I have to, time has enabled me to take a deep breath and accept I'm still alive for another day, there are still people that need me that love me. I know it hurts, I still hurt everyday over my two daughters but each day is a day closer to finally being with them again, and also each day is another day here with those I love and who love me. X

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