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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Depression After Death Of Close Relative. How To Cope?

My grandpa had been battling cancer for the past 9 years and unfortunatly it took his life about a month ago. i knew it was going to happen sooner or later and i had been trying to prepare for it but how much can you really prepare for that, you know? about a week and a half before he died we had to take him to hospice for help and on the way he asked me the hardest question ever. see me and my grandpa had a very close relationship way different from normal families, i worked for him therfore i seen him daily, but on the way up to hospice he made me promise that i wouldnt leave him there alone and being as scared as i was i said yes i promise. he told me he was very scared and said he wanted me there to help him. this to me seemed so easy the first two days but then started getting harder and harder, i sat in that room for a week and a half not leaving for any reason, family tried getting me to leave but i couldnt cause i made that promise to him, well he took his final breath with me right next to him and it was the hardest and most heartbreaking thing i have ever done before in my life. this being i am 20 years old an have never had anyone close to me die before. i have been very depressed lately and im not strong enough to go see a doctor or counselor and dont really know what to do, i keep a straight and happy attitude around everyone but on the inside i hurt really bad. i am not suicidal or anything like that but this pain is unbareable and all ppl can say is that its gonna have to take time. it just seems the more time goes by the harder it is. my question is what can i do to help the pain go away? is there even anything that i can do? im starting to let my life slip away and im really lost. any help would really help, sorry for the long story but it was the easiest way to describe what happened and what i went through so yall kinda get an idea of what i can do for my situation.
Thu, 3 Oct 2013
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greetings.
sorry for your loss.
see,first of all your grand pa always wants you to be happy.so you must try now.
he must be somewhere out there watching you,and he defu=initely dont want you to be sad.
and then as everyone sats time is the biggest healer.
he had been so close to ypou that he will always live with you in your actions,your good deeds.he must have had an idea about you.as in what you should be doing in future,respect his feelings.
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Depression After Death Of Close Relative. How To Cope?

greetings. sorry for your loss. see,first of all your grand pa always wants you to be happy.so you must try now. he must be somewhere out there watching you,and he defu=initely dont want you to be sad. and then as everyone sats time is the biggest healer. he had been so close to ypou that he will always live with you in your actions,your good deeds.he must have had an idea about you.as in what you should be doing in future,respect his feelings.