HumpieDouglas

HumpieDouglas t1_je2dmts wrote

Reply to LPT: How to support someone grieving: the process is not linear and often takes longer than people think (even, and sometimes especially, when the relationship with the deceased was painful or estranged). A year may seem like a long time since a death, but to the grieving, it can feel very recent. by survivalothefittest

It's been almost 10 years since my wife died and I still have days where it seems like it just happened.

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HumpieDouglas t1_je1gbmv wrote

Reply to Post book depression by bertiewoooster

It happened to me after I read The Looking Glass Wars series by Frank Beddor. I'm a huge Alice in Wonderland fan and I loved Beddor's retelling of it. After I was done reading the series I was a little sad it was over.

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HumpieDouglas t1_j5qabur wrote

Reply to LPT never delete voicemails of loved ones, especially on holidays. by WindowMoon

I have one voicemail from my wife saved and backed up. It's from a week before she died in 2013. I still cry when I listen to it. It makes me sad not having that voice in my life for the last 10 years.

It's just a routine voicemail too, nothing special. She asked me to pick up her meds from the pharmacy and that she'll meet me at her mom's house later that night.

I'd give almost anything just to talk to her and hear her voice again for just 5 minutes.

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HumpieDouglas t1_j223gof wrote

Reply to LPT Request: Cat Dementia and Yowling (Serious) by MarkusKruber

This sounds like what one of mine started going through when he was 19. At the beginning of year 19 the vet said he was in excellent health especially for a cat that age. He had to be put down 8 months later. Everything caught up with him suddenly. He was skin and bones, dementia, going blind, going deaf, yowling at night. Near the end he started having seizures and stability issues. He was a sweet boy and a very cuddly guy sometimes. I hated having to put him down, but it was the right thing to do.

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