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Sufferer Watched Both Parents Die

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I watched both my parents die from Cancer. My mom got sick in 2006 and I moved home to care for her. I went to give her her meds and found her lifeless. called for an ambulance, but they could not save her. Watched them bring her out in a bag. In 2008 my dad got diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. I watched a man I loved more than anything waste away to nothing.

He was 6'2 260. He was a skeleton by the end. I watched him cough up blood. I was told by the doctors that it was "normal" nothing about any of it was "normal" to me. He passed away 4 months later. I though I was fine..until the nightmares, the cold sweets. I would see him and when I got closer he would be gone. this is all new to me. I use to think I was a very strong women. Lately, if you walk up behind me and say "boo" I'd probably pee my paints.

I just want the dreams to stop. the hallucinations to stop. I'm on meds but they don't work that well.
 
Hi LDB,

I'm so sorry for your losses. Life is so cruel.

Who do you have in your life now? Do you have any siblings? A partner? Good friends?

I use to think I was a very strong women.
Suffering from bereavement, grief - or anything else does not make you weak. You ARE a strong woman, you have just been dealt a rotten hand and clearly need a little help with that.

I hope the meds help in due course, I am wondering if you have only recently started taking them? Are you getting other help as well?

Best wishes,
Lucy x
 
LDB....I can't even imagine what that must have been like...to watch both of your parents die like that. Life can be cruel, indeed. And I hope you are able to find what you need...whether that is in here, or elsewhere, because you deserve to be filled with LOVE and JOY, not tormented by nightmares and grief. Blessings :)
 
(((HUGS))) to you. I also witnessed my fathers death. He died suddenly of a heart attack while my brothers were trying to save him. Minus the hallucinations, I have those problems too. I know that my problems may last forever but I hope that they lessen or my ability to handle them becomes stronger. I don't think we ever stop hurting from the pain of loss, I think we learn to adapt. To live with a new normal.
 
I don't think we ever stop hurting from the pain of loss, I think we learn to adapt. To live with a new normal.

Bravo! So true :)

Having lost my own mother more than 25 years ago, it is exactly that...it is an adaptation that is imposed upon our lives, and if we are to survive it, we must find a new normal. Love this!
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