To be actually crying over this.

[FortyDoorsToNowhere]

My parents have decided to move, The house they live in atm is my childhood home. My parent moved in when i was 6 weeks old.

The house is far to big for them since all of their children have moved out and my rational brain know this is the best for them.

I have not stopped crying since they broke the news to us all.

The thought of another family living there is making me feel even worse.

Is this normal.

I went up my parent house today ( home but i'm starting to say that) I am helping them pack and clean. I feel this is something i need to do.

I have forgotten how hard it was to keep that house clean and my poor mum is doing in on her own.

TBH i walked into there today and with them taking down pictures and packing our family tats away, it really is just bricks and mortar.

My dad who is normally save every penny for a rainy day has just given my mum a whopping £10.000 to do up the new house. Cheers dad with 6 daughters for her to go shopping with it will not last long.

It will be ok. I had hugely important happy memories of my grandmother's flat and always felt incredibly connected to it. But after my grandmother died, it changed immediately. It was only a building, and felt completely different because she was no longer there. Whereas that place used to feel like my one true home in the world, I now find that I feel completely differently. Like others have said, your memories are in you and will not disappear. If you feel it would help, I would suggest writing a journal (pick a lovely, pretty journal so you can keep it and refer back to it) putting your memories into words. The fear of a loss of things (a house is only bricks and mortar, after all) is actually a fear of loss of oneself and one's memories.

Awwww, sorry, I hadn't read anything but the OP when I wrote my comment as it resonated with me and I wanted to reply straightaway. I'm glad you used the same description in your latest comment, as I wouldn't
Have wanted you to think I was being flippant.

I'm glad it sounds as if you're able to face it now