6/17/15

If I were to lose my significant other today, would I have the support in my life to handle it? Could I deal with the grief and loss by myself? Who would I turn too? I’m not the most social person in the world and people don’t tend to seek me out. Then again I don’t tend to seek them out either. Could I even survive such a devastating blow? I’m still grieving a loss from 15 years ago and from time to time, I still break down and cry over that loss. Is there someone or someplace out there that I could find to help me survive? Or would I succumb to my grief?

You’ll get sympathy and kind words from family and friends after a loss, but how much of that will actually turn into action to support you? Or are you left to fend for yourself? For in your darkest night, that significant other is gone! You can’t talk to them, hold them, or be with them! Where can one go? Is there a life worth having after they are gone? Are the things you shared enough to sustain your existence? People say to be strong, life will go on, but why should it? I once saw a person in such pain and sorrow over the loss of their significant other that they made an experienced funeral director cry! How does one get over such pain? How is it possible to go on living?

We have all suffered losses in our lives and there are people who have suffered far beyond what they should have too. How do they do it? How do they find the strength to go on? There are lots of questions; do I really want those answers?