Cal
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How many of you here have experienced the death of a family member, or someone close? and how did you cope? (Sorry in advance for another gloomy thread.)
I lost one of my cousins to pneumonia when I was 14, he was battling with it for a long time. We were very close throughout my childhood, but in later years, he became sick very often, and I was unable to see him as I lived so far away. We kept in touch online and over the phone though.
He was ten years older than me, and I really looked up to him. He was my only male role model as a kid/teenager, as I never really had much to do with my dad. When I got the news... I was obviously shocked, but not once did I ever get emotional, or grieve over his death. I was just a bit blank for two weeks, and then I went back to my normal self. The same thing happens during a break-up for example, which is just plain weird.
The fact that I'm like this usually doesn't bother me AT ALL either... But sometimes I think about it and wonder if I'm psychotic. Opinions?
I lost one of my cousins to pneumonia when I was 14, he was battling with it for a long time. We were very close throughout my childhood, but in later years, he became sick very often, and I was unable to see him as I lived so far away. We kept in touch online and over the phone though.
He was ten years older than me, and I really looked up to him. He was my only male role model as a kid/teenager, as I never really had much to do with my dad. When I got the news... I was obviously shocked, but not once did I ever get emotional, or grieve over his death. I was just a bit blank for two weeks, and then I went back to my normal self. The same thing happens during a break-up for example, which is just plain weird.
The fact that I'm like this usually doesn't bother me AT ALL either... But sometimes I think about it and wonder if I'm psychotic. Opinions?