A very sad and confusing day
By rsa101
@rsa101 (37932)
Philippines
August 3, 2022 8:53pm CST
The father of one of our coworkers passed away today, and a brother of my father's partner also went away. Since I did not directly know them, I should not have been as impacted by their passing, but I simply felt saddened by it. I was unable to comprehend the emotion, but all I could do was hope they are at peace right now and feel sorrow for the loved ones who are still alive.
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@sissy15 (12269)
• United States
5 Aug 22
I've felt like that at times. Not necessarily being close to someone but still feeling terrible about their passing. It is a very odd emotion to feel. That said sometimes we feel that way due to empathy. You don't have to know someone to feel upset. Sometimes you can just feel bad because you're human and you know what that kind of pain feels like and you feel bad for others.
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@rsa101 (37932)
• Philippines
5 Aug 22
Someone commented here that it might just evoke some emotion I had in the past and coincided with the news I received yesterday. Today, I felt different and I guess am back to normal again. It just felt weird yesterday like I lost someone close to me but there was none.
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@rsa101 (37932)
• Philippines
5 Aug 22
@sissy15 I thought back to that day and discovered that just before I received the news from Facebook, I was remembering my mother who passed away many years prior. I believe that this, combined with the fact that there were two pieces of news at the time, caused my feelings to become magnified.
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@Letranknight2015 (51499)
• Philippines
10 Aug 22
I also felt the impact with some of our filipino mylotters who have passed away. Today, while commenting you, it's Rberon1985's birthday in heaven.
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@Letranknight2015 (51499)
• Philippines
23 Aug 22
@rsa101 Not really we've only seen each other twice and from those meet up events.
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@rsa101 (37932)
• Philippines
23 Aug 22
@Letranknight2015 At least you two have connected physically and got to know each other already. I think that it is enough to establish rapport and losing them would really impact you.
@rsa101 (37932)
• Philippines
17 Aug 22
True what confused me during that day was the intense feeling of sadness like they were a relative or very close person to them. But I somehow figured it now that it may be just a coincidence that I was thinking of a loved one that passed away and I received the news which somehow got mixed up with my feelings so my feelings were intensified. But I am ok right now.
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@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
12 Aug 22
We feel sad whenever we hear people passing away though we are not related to them or have not known them.
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
4 Aug 22
I always feel sorrow for the loved ones who are still alive also. This is sad.
