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why hasnt my favorite grandmas death hit me yet? it doenst seem real
My favorite grandmother passed away last week on my birthday and wheni found out I was upset and cried a lot. but it still doesn't feel to me like she is really gone. Why don't I feel sad or why aren't I crying? could it possibly be that she is at peace now so I feel so too? I don't know but I feel bad because I should be super upset
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There is nothing to feel bad about. All people are different and as such we each grieve differently. Some of us shut down for a while and cry night after night. Others find another outlet. Either way, as long as you aren't doing something that is either destructive to yourself or others, is fine.
This also means that while it might take some people a very long time to go through the grieving process, it might be relatively short for other people. Again, neither way is wrong and neither way is something you should feel bad about.
Generally, psychology says that there are five stages of loss and grieving. These are:
1. Denial and Isolation
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
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Perhaps you are already at the point of acceptance.
I hope this helps.
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There is nothing wrong with how you feel as we all grieve differently. Psychologists will tell you there are many different steps to grief and some people will go through all of them while other may only experience one or two.
It is very possible that you are still in shock of your grandmothers passing, it has only been a week. Reality will set in soon. The other side of this may be that your grandmother was very ill before she passed. You had time to come to grips with her passing. It could be as you said that she is at peace now, no longer suffering and you too are in peace that she is no longer suffering.
You will eventually come to terms with her passing and learn to remember her and the good times you had together. My grandfather was my best friend from the time I was born until he passed away. We could talk for hours about absolutely nothing. I hurt terribly when he passed some 40 years ago.
Today 40 years later I think of him often. One of my favorite stories to tell is the time he took me for one of my flying lessons. For two hours I circled the airport doing takeoffs and landings. I asked my instructor why we had to do 2 hours of this for it was a lot of work. He said, "grandpa was paying for the lessons so grandpa gets to see you fly the plane."
As you can see that is one of my favorite stories to tell. You will have a story like this and others to tell. For now don't worry about how you are feeling. We all grieve differently and I believe you may still be dealing with the shock of her passing.
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People grieve differently. You don't have to react a certain way to situations. You are upset about it, you're just not bawling your eyes out like some people would.
There's nothing wrong with you. I'd say there might be a problem if you were like super happy or something, but obviously you're not.
I've known people who just break down and become depressed. I've known people who shut other people out and I know people who accept it sooner than most.
Don't feel bad. You're normal.
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Actually people experience grief in different ways and there is NO set way to be feeling. This is natural for you and fine. As time goes on you will become better able to handle the fact she is gone but your reaction is typical. No hard and fast rules on how to process grief.
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