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Bereavement

Find bereavement help and support from other Mumsnetters. See also your choices after baby loss.

I will be older than my mum
31
For Anyone Needing Support After Losing a Parent. Very Supportive Thread (September 2025)
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Advice on choosing between pension lump sum, annuity or drawdown after bereavement
10
This is life (after the passing of DH) Thread two
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Not sure what to do with my mum's ashes
23
Why see them after they’re gone?
79
Dad died two years after mum's suicide
9
Tips for when you miss them
3
How do people cope with the first days after losing a child
56
If you’re grieving, what has made the process even more difficult?
102
Struggling with my mum after Dad's death and my own grief
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Feeling sorry for myself
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How do I know if I’m coping with grief or avoiding it?
19
Cried ugly tears at Ghosts
10
Has anyone recovered slowly after bereavement and emotional burnout?
9
'Letters To Loved Ones' post box scheme
2
Mum died: appalling shock and anxiety
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**TW** Still Birth: What Helped You?
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Is a Death De-Brief a Thing?
4
My beautiful son - part 2
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Advised not to view my brother after post-mortem and embalming
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Hanging by a thread
3
Supporting a difficult widowed parent
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Lost a very close friend and I am struggling.
18
Still really missing my mum months after she passed away
29
Mum died on Monday: what a strange and tough week.
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Grief workshops
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How did you feel the day after your parent’s funeral
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Parenting a young adult after the death of their other parent
2
Mum just died - what do we need to do?
78
Did your loved one experience deathbed visions?
19
Supporting DH during grief
2
DH died,family like vultures, advice please.
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Really struggling because the love of my life is dead.
18
Grandpa died - explaining grief?
16
Struggling to cope
3
Drowning in nostalgia/sentimentality
8
Advice on probate
20
I’m such a mess
2
Help with funeral costs after my brother died suddenly
92
Saw a Hawaiian shirt today, reminded me of my Dad
3
Way-Up asking for a utility bill and a copy of my DH death certificate. Is this normal?
4
Grief 5 years on…
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*****TW**** Suicide. My husband is gone.
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How long off work?
23
Smells and tastes bringing memories
5
Heavy arms & legs
2
DS1 has died
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Can a solicitor act for me as joint executor with my brother?
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Would you recognise a voice?
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