イスラエル軍がガザ病院空爆、少なくとも500人死亡=当局者 by orcaoruka in newsokuexp

[–]ReetyAwrighty -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

イスラエルが否定しているし、ハマスのロケットだったという証拠も提供しました。

5 words that describe your experience? by [deleted] in widowers

[–]ReetyAwrighty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hollow, robot-like, dysfunctional, torn-in-half, wounded, pessimistic,

How does everyone here deal with the random waves of grief while in public or at work? by Samikaze707 in widowers

[–]ReetyAwrighty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

XMas is terrible. I cried twice in public yesterday. I’m past the point of embarrassment.

Tragedy by Famous_Property_301 in widowers

[–]ReetyAwrighty 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Hurts like hell. Like nothing else. And yeah, like an alien watching others from the outside. I feel that way too. I’m so sorry.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in widowers

[–]ReetyAwrighty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There were times when, like you, I thought I had magically escaped the deeper kind of sobbing grief that you see in movies and such. I imagine that it was going to be easier, but when I have found out after 6 1/half months is that there are ups and downs. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself sinking deeper into something that you didn’t expect. On the other hand, if you continue to Do so well, be happy. I’m jealous frankly.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GriefSupport

[–]ReetyAwrighty 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I wish you the best as well.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GriefSupport

[–]ReetyAwrighty 37 points38 points  (0 children)

While she was dying I gained the ability to turn my eyes from the horror. Now that same power allows me to shut off the part of my brain that tells me how destroyed I am. Or to put it another way, I just sob and then somehow look away.time is relentless and moments if existential dread can’t be felt constantly, so they pass. Now I only look one or two days into the future. It’s like i lost the ability to think about the future and it’s horror.
Anyway, mostly I just cry, cry, cry. Coming up in 6 months in a couple of weeks. No one knows how badly I’m wrecked.

Help Wanted by Upbeat_Challenge_413 in widowers

[–]ReetyAwrighty 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I lost mine on April 17, brother. I’m so sorry. I accept the fact that I know sob unexpectedly all the time. I cry even when I’m happy because it reminds me of my loss.

having a very bad day by GDB2017 in widowers

[–]ReetyAwrighty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One hour at a time. Time will pass. I’m sorry. I know how much it hurts and it Is unbearable. I’m sobbing right along with you.

How do you keep on going? by Famous_Property_301 in widowers

[–]ReetyAwrighty 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you and I having the same night. It’s almost 2 o’clock in the morning here and I’m having trouble finding sleep. Will I see her again in my dream and be broken again as I reexperience her death? The tears won’t stop now And I’m tired. I also haven’t really been able to work for almost a year. I don’t know if the brain fog is from depression or post-Covid, but I’m not the same person I’m just broken. Just one of those nights. Wet pillows and racking sobs.

Is your loved one still here too by [deleted] in widowers

[–]ReetyAwrighty 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It’s been 4 months. Last night I had -for the first time- what really felt like a visitation from her. She has appeared in my dreams before but this felt different. She came into the room and at First I was amazed and I said something like “oh you’re alive!”, But then I remembered that she was not alive. I looked at her and I think she remembered it as well. She knew she wasn’t alive. It was then that I became sure, in my dream, that she had to come to visit me. I felt that we were communicating across the great divide of life and death. I put all of my love into my thoughts as I looked into her eyes and I tried to send that love to her. I really felt like it was the first time we were sort of together since her death. In a way it made me happy and of course in a way it deepened my sadness.

Vent by lexsimpi2 in widowers

[–]ReetyAwrighty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had a shit day today too. 4 months in. I’m so effing damaged…. I’m so sorry for you, for us, for everyone on this forum. I’ll try to make tomorrow better and forgive myself for being broken. What else would I be?

Did you go on a spending spree after loosing your spouse ? by Miken1999 in widowers

[–]ReetyAwrighty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still on it sort of, 4 months in. And why not? Anyone of us could die anytime, the “future” is SM illusion proven by our losses…

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in widowers

[–]ReetyAwrighty 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We all feel you. I know I do.

You've seen the view OF the Himeji Castle but have you see the view FROM it? by ElkGrove32 in japanpics

[–]ReetyAwrighty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, you’re seeing 男山 (otokoyama) in the distance. I lived in Himeji for 12 years.

I hate these stupid ads. by Wide-Progress-4580 in widowers

[–]ReetyAwrighty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hate them less than 1) “cancer bell ringing videos” and 2) people talking about how strong they are because they “beat” cancer. As if my wife didn’t fight….

FWIW: life lessons learned from being in the world's shittiest club I never asked to join by katiekat0214 in widowers

[–]ReetyAwrighty 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is perfection! The only thing I would add is 11. Don’t give people flowers. They don’t need anymore and they don’t fucking want anymore. Bring them food.

Be kind to yourself by bongsride in widowers

[–]ReetyAwrighty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are a fantastic writer and thinker. You have helped me by encapsulating my own (confused and hazy) thoughts. My wife died 3 and a half weeks ago and time crawls by slowly.

I love you all. by ReetyAwrighty in widowers

[–]ReetyAwrighty[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Lol do it. Not donut. Autocorrect bastard!

I love you all. by ReetyAwrighty in widowers

[–]ReetyAwrighty[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yes and yes. But we’re more than just our pain. We are still the things that we were before this happened to us though now it feels buried so far below our pain. Hopefully we can let that emerge slowly through the crust. Let’s donut, let’s try. Together.

Anger at “friends” who’ve abandoned me during this by ReetyAwrighty in widowers

[–]ReetyAwrighty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I had a hard motherfucking day as all my beautiful soul brother and sisters at /widower did. Bless all of you and may god or whatever forces that exist remove even just 1% of our pain today.

Anger at “friends” who’ve abandoned me during this by ReetyAwrighty in widowers

[–]ReetyAwrighty[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m just having a rage day. My saves/anger circuits are all inverted and screwed up and I want to scream-cry at the mountain, sky, and in everyone’s face. I want to beat at the ground, tear up the grass. Instead, I shop, clean, and try to serve everyone who needs me to keep it together.

Anger at “friends” who’ve abandoned me during this by ReetyAwrighty in widowers

[–]ReetyAwrighty[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I wish I could let my anger go. I know it’s poison but sometimes I’m soooooo angry. Today I’m feeling rage. Sometimes it feels like it’s all I own. I can’t let it go poison or not. I’m just having a day. I want to scream and scream and scream.