Is it normal that it doesn't feel real yet.

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My mothers been sick with cancer for a year. A week ago they gave her her final diagnosis; she had a week left to live. As predicted today, a week later exactly, she passed away. I've cried a little, but it just doesn't feel real to me yet. I keep expecting to see her walk in and tell me she's ok, even though logically I know she won't. I'm just a young girl. Is this a normal reaction?

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  • la_uva_mojada
    9 years ago

    it just hasn't sunk in yet. don't worry though, her body may be gone but her spirit remains! people having near death experiences are usually greeted by loved ones, so most likely she will be there to see you after you die and she wont be sick anymore. If she could talk to you she would say not to be sad, because she's so much better off now. this world can be the true hell.

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  • joybird
    12 years ago

    Totally normal as you're probably numb from shock.

    I'm so sorry for you loss and if it's any help, you're not alone, I lost my dad last year.

    It's up to you, but over the years the one thing I have learned is NOT to look at the person in the coffin. This is the last impression that I have been left with, of my close family, instead of imagining them sitting in their chair or in their bed or in the garden etc :o(

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  • partofeveryone
    12 years ago

    Absolutly.

    Im sorry for your loss

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  • shuggy-chan
    12 years ago

    this is how i normally feel, when i have somethng really upsetting like that happen. i get detached form the world around me, and it almost seems like it was a dream , almost.

    and randomly you might suddenly feel it rush up on you and then fade back too detachment.

    this is how i normally am, which is funny since im normally one of the more sensitive, and animated people in the room and i shift back to the quiet person i was when i was younger.

    Im sorry for you loss, and best wishes to you

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