Hi Milan,
I have recently learned of this term anticipatory grief. It sounds a bit like what you have and is alot like what I have. My problem arises from thinking of life flying by, people my age are starting to die, my parents are nearing the end of their lives and I get overwhelmed at the sense of loss I will be having to endure. Have you ever had your will done? They read it back to you after they have it all typed up. I started wailing at the end as I realized, well, there you have it... I'm dead and gone.
I bought a book recently to help me cope with preparing for my future losses and all it did was send me spiraling into depression over my future demise. :shock:
I do have beliefs, but unfortunately I don't find comfort in all the sad things that happen in life. A girlfriend of 20 years called yesterday to say she had been diagnosed with breast cancer...and so the waiting begins anew. I have lost 2 friends so far to it. I have lost friends to alcoholism, ovarian cancer, old age. I get overwhelmed with this feeling of loss.
So, here it what I am doing to work on it...trying to shove that sh&t as far down as possible! If you don't think about it, it ain't there, right? No, wrong. :?
This is basically a reply to say...move over, we'll share the same boat, if that's okay with you?
I have recently learned of this term anticipatory grief. It sounds a bit like what you have and is alot like what I have. My problem arises from thinking of life flying by, people my age are starting to die, my parents are nearing the end of their lives and I get overwhelmed at the sense of loss I will be having to endure. Have you ever had your will done? They read it back to you after they have it all typed up. I started wailing at the end as I realized, well, there you have it... I'm dead and gone.
I bought a book recently to help me cope with preparing for my future losses and all it did was send me spiraling into depression over my future demise. :shock:
I do have beliefs, but unfortunately I don't find comfort in all the sad things that happen in life. A girlfriend of 20 years called yesterday to say she had been diagnosed with breast cancer...and so the waiting begins anew. I have lost 2 friends so far to it. I have lost friends to alcoholism, ovarian cancer, old age. I get overwhelmed with this feeling of loss.
So, here it what I am doing to work on it...trying to shove that sh&t as far down as possible!
If you don't think about it, it ain't there, right? No, wrong. :?This is basically a reply to say...move over, we'll share the same boat, if that's okay with you?
