Ireland's first bereavement info centre opens

# 9

Posted: 11/01/2008 18:37

My great dad took his own life on the 25th may. I miss him so much i dont know how i will ever get back to a normal day to day life. Everyday i think of him cry i feel a terrible pain inside. I feel everyone around is getting on with their life i cant i forget everything. It is very hard to see my mother suffering without him around. I go for councelling but sometimes i feel i cant talk about it. I will never get over this terrible time. I think it is the worst thing to happen to anyone.

# 8

Posted: 01/03/2006 13:41

My wonderful dad died suddenly two weeks ago today and I'm devastated. My heart is broken and I hate the fact that I have had to return to work and some sort of a normality. How can things be normal now that my dad is gone and I won't see him again. I'm trying to be strong but just want to sit and cry and howl at the sky at the unfairness of it all. My lovely daddy. How can he be gone? Everyone around me are so normal getting on with work, etc., how can I be expected to go on. I can't concentrate on anything. I just want to sleep until the pain eases.

# 7

Posted: 19/05/2005 14:50

My Dad passed away 3 weeks ago, I feel like I have been living in a dream...My heart is breaking, and the loss I feel is unbearable. The week of Dads funeral was a blur, and when it was all over I just hit rock bottom and can't seem to lift myself out of this....

# 6

Posted: 04/11/2004 16:27

Please don't be scared of how you feel. We all feel that way. I would strongly suggest you try find someone - your husband to be maybe - to talk you. It's an awful thing to happen and I'm sorry for you. I wasn't getting married and can only imagine my sadness if my Dad had died a couple of weeks before I was to be married. As it was, I couldn't attend his funeral because I went into shock. But that's okay. (I had intended on getting there but the beauty of CityWest where we stopped because I could go no further) and the strong sunshine on 4 September helped me through it). It's trying to come to terms with it that's the worst. My Dad was a good man and I loved him. I was very proud of him. He was my confidante. He was only 59 and he died suddenly. Sometimes I feel so lost without the man I thought was going to live forever. I have my friends though and I have work. They're a great help.

We're here for you. But you must try and talk it through. This is terrible for you and terrible for me and terrible for anyone who's lost someone dear to them. Because of your wedding, it's going to make things more difficult. Talk to somebody and cry like you've never cried before. Cry till you feel you're heart is going to break and your head explode. You'll feel better for a day or two until it needs doing again.

I'm not having a bad day today. I did yesterday. Apparently that's what happens when you grieve. Though I have two months behind me. You only have two weeks. We'll get there. Please talk to someone.

# 5

Posted: 03/11/2004 22:34

I lost my mother a couple of weeks ago,and i can't cry in front of people and won't cry on my own because i am scared of what i feel,i am getting married in a couple of weeks and i can't focus on it as i am waiting for her to come back and finish the organising of it with me.she died suddenly ,and i feel it is so unfair,

# 4

Posted: 20/10/2004 16:18

Gary, My Dad died just six weeks ago. I've just read your thread so it's pointless me writing anything because my feelings are a mirror for yours. I only today looked on this site for something of comfort and, after reading what you wrote realised that it was written over a year ago. How are you coping now? Are you feeling any better?

# 3

Posted: 19/06/2004 17:36

Where is this new bereavement service / centre and how does one make contact with it? As regards the hospice, I was told that only people who had someone die in the hospice were being offered bereavement help / counselling so I don't understand what the above report is about.

# 2

Posted: 28/05/2003 21:06

I don't think this report is very useful. What services exactly are being offered to the public? Is this a fully staffed / full time service? How can we contact this new centre? Do they have a website?

# 1

Posted: 26/05/2003 19:46

i lost my father last summer, and it is the hardest thing i ever had to cope with. I feel im dying slowly because the pain and hurt im feeling with the loss is so great im finding so so difficult to carry on and get on with my life. i just miss him so much that the thoughts of living my life with out him,is unbearable,i come from a big family and the loss we all feel is just so hard we dont know how to deal with it.
Its like were all not believing what happened but deep in our minds it has and thats hard to take in,to know it has happened but we dont want to believe it