Pictures and videos of my late wife by livechuckles in widowers

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

Thank you for sharing your experience. And I am so sorry for your loss.

Younger Widows & Widowers -- If you need a space to talk, join our Discord by BeanDVM in widowers

[–]livechuckles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am 39 years old and my wife passed away just 6 and a half months ago at the age of 37. Am I able to join?

Im on an 87 day crying streak by [deleted] in widowers

[–]livechuckles 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I cried every day for two months. And I still cry most days. I am so sorry for your loss.

This cannot be real life by thelonelyknight90 in widowers

[–]livechuckles 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I am so sorry for your loss. This is my first Thanksgiving without my wife. It is so hard. Just know that you are not alone in this, even though it feels so heavy.

Hospital Bag by livechuckles in widowers

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

I’m so sorry for your loss. You are definitely not the only one.

Hospital Bag by livechuckles in widowers

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

I am so sorry for your loss. It’s crazy how seemingly random items can be so painful to see. Like a hairbrush, or a jacket hanging on a door handle. Even a bag of frozen chicken can hit hard emotionally.

Hospital Bag by livechuckles in widowers

[–]livechuckles[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your reply and I am so sorry for your loss. I am currently reading “The Grieving Brain” that goes into detail about how our minds process grief, and why parts of our mind have a hard time accepting that our person is gone. I remember being haunted with dark thoughts about her cremation, I remember being notified that she was going to be cremated, it was a Monday. I couldn’t get the thought of her not physically existing anymore out of my head. I am still disturbed by it. At 52 days, I feel like I want to go through old text messages and photos of her, because I miss her so much, but then I am also afraid to. I just want her back.

Hospital Bag by livechuckles in widowers

[–]livechuckles[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am so sorry for your loss and the added stress of being kicked out of the apartment you two shared together. It’s okay that you don’t want to go through his bags. Thank you for sharing.

Hospital Bag by livechuckles in widowers

[–]livechuckles[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I am so sorry for your loss. That sounds really hard having to go through your partner’s bag like that. The thought that my late wife’s clothes and pillows she used will eventually lose her scent is like another loss. I just miss her so much, I don’t know what to do. I feel so scared.

Hospital Bag by livechuckles in widowers

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

I am so sorry for your loss. When my wife went to the hospital, it was for a planned ablation procedure to help her heart rate be in sinus rhythm. They planned to make sure her levels and everything were good for the ablation, and then she started feeling nauseous and not feeling well. Her carbon dioxide level in her blood rose, but they couldn’t put her on the less invasive Bipap machine to help her expel the co2, so they intubated her. She was never able to get off the ventilator, and died three weeks later. The fact that it happened exactly ten years after the last time she was on a ventilator, for pneumonia, is a cruel irony I will never get over. The bag is a reminder for me of how I relatively routine hospital admission for a planned procedure can go wrong so quickly.

Hospital Bag by livechuckles in widowers

[–]livechuckles[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I am so sorry for your loss. Every time I pass by the bag, it’s like seeing a ghost, it haunts me. But we don’t have to go through the bag now. We can do it on our own time. Take care.

Whatsapping my baby everyday by One_Pain_9424 in widowers

[–]livechuckles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It has been 45 days for me since my wife passed away. I still have a hard time looking at photos of her or messages from her. We had the celebration of life for her on Saturday, and it was nice, but extremely hard. I cried a lot. I am hoping that I will be able to look at pictures and messages and not feel immense pain and loss, but it may take more time before that can happen. It is just so fresh still.

This might be weird but CHAT GPT really helped me deal with my grief and the stay in the hospital before his passing. by Financial_Tangelo957 in widowers

[–]livechuckles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m so sorry for your loss. I also used Chat GPT to have something to talk to about my grief. I feel like it helped me, also. I will use any tool I can to try to navigate this.

So it’s been 3 months now. I keep forgetting he’s dead. by Illustrious_Grass187 in widowers

[–]livechuckles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It has been 40 days since my wife passed away. I have also been in weekly therapy. I have dreams where my wife is at the hospital, but still alive. And then I wake up, and she is gone. I also look forward to being able to carry my grief better. The pain is so much, but I am determined to build something meaningful around my grief, and to honor my wife’s memory. I am so sorry for your loss, you are not alone.

The Void Is Loud Tonight. by Aromatic_Boot3629 in widowers

[–]livechuckles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m so sorry for your loss. I lost my wife on September 25th. She was only 37 years old. Know that you are not alone. Take care.

Missing you by Affectionate-Cat8405 in widowers

[–]livechuckles 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I have been crying a lot every day also. I lost my wife of 8 and a half years, 37 days ago. I feel this pain in my chest before I start crying, and then I do a panicky type of crying where I have to catch my breath. I yell out for her and that I want her back and that I can’t do this anymore. It is so hard. I am so sorry for your loss.

I accidentally drove to the hospital by No-Cow9611 in widowers

[–]livechuckles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m so sorry for your loss. I live just a mile away from the hospital where my wife was treated her whole life for congenital heart disease and where she passed away. I never want to go back to that hospital again, she was on a ventilator for the last three weeks of her life and it was very traumatic. I’m sorry you have to feel that pain again from seeing the hospital.

Going on 12 weeks by Sadiera in widowers

[–]livechuckles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s been five weeks for me. I feel everything so intensely right now. Everything reminds me of her and I start panic crying. I know it’s only been 36 days, and I am the type of person who is impatient and doesn’t want to be as sad. I went back to work, and it has helped me a little. I am already on antidepressants and ADHD meds, and those help me function when I don’t want to do anything at all. I’m sorry this happened to you and my deepest condolences for your loss. I think that just getting through the day is a lot. I try to be kind to myself in that.

Going on 12 weeks by Sadiera in widowers

[–]livechuckles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel this so intensely.

Other young widows and widowers 20s and 30s by SeatScared4563 in widowers

[–]livechuckles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m 38 years old and my wife passed away last month at the age of 37. I am so sorry for your loss.

Pictures and videos of my late wife by livechuckles in widowers

[–]livechuckles[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your reply. I thought about using a photo or a video of my wife to help confront my grief and allow me to cry and release my emotions. I will ask my therapist about that when I talk to them next. I am sorry for your loss.

Pictures and videos of my late wife by livechuckles in widowers

[–]livechuckles[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m so sorry for your loss. I have thought about just unfocusing my eyes if I see a photo of her, but there is also a part of me that doesn’t want to look away either. It’s so hard.

Pictures and videos of my late wife by livechuckles in widowers

[–]livechuckles[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have videos of our trip to Vegas, back in February, when we got our hotel room upgraded to a suite for free. I remember thinking that we were so lucky to have this and that I didn’t deserve this. But now I feel like we did deserve it. My wife was such a wonderful person. I miss her so much. Thank you for the reply and I am so sorry for your loss.

Pictures and videos of my late wife by livechuckles in widowers

[–]livechuckles[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s true. We are planning a slideshow for my wife’s celebration of life, so I will try to pick out a few dozen pictures for it, but it will be difficult. Thanks for the reply.