how do you handle death

@savypat (20216)
United States
August 17, 2008 1:37pm CST
I need advise on how to handle death of a close family member? I have mixed feelings, he was very sick and wouldn't have gotten any better so I'm glad his suffering is over at the same time I will miss him. How do you interact with other family members, I can't seem to stop crying, how do you do that, drugs, booze, what. I need to be astrong for his family and yet I feel like I would be nothing but a drain on them until I can get my emotions under control. Please anyone who knows any answers to this let me know. Thank you
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@abhiroop85 (2826)
• Scottsdale, Arizona
18 Aug 08
if you are emotional and more over if you see others whom you love are crying sometimes it makes you crying also , but for me i have same problem,what i do is simple escape ,i know this is not a solution , you can not ever solve a problem from escaping it ,i should stand to try to solve but , still i am not mentally prepared to do so , hope god give you that power so that you can face it and be there always who need you most.
@TessWhite (3146)
• United States
17 Aug 08
Its not easy to deal with I know. I lost my mom last year to cancer. All I can say is that it does get easier to handle with time. The first few weeks all I could think of was the horrible way she had to go and how I had to watch her die. But then I realized Mom wouldn't have wanted me to do that so I started remembering all the good times we had experienced. It made it much easier to deal with that way. I remember funny times, silly things she did, and how special she made my childhood. It takes time, but you will get thru it.