To have been crying all day?

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It's so ridiculous. Felt awful when I woke up, cried all the way through the funeral and been feeling very reflective thinking on past funerals I have attended and thinking about those who are still alive but who I am on bad terms with.
Thinking that things will never be the same again in this country too.
Just me?

State sponsored mass hysteria, deflects nicely from the impending winter of people not being able to afford heating/food/fuel and the housing crisis and rising interest rates.

No.
It was very well done, but she meant nothing to me.

I've been feeling like this today. For me, its the realisation that we have 8 parents between DH and I. Inc step parents who we love very much.

And it's the realisation that we have 8 parental funerals to get through in our lives.

I've been living in such a joyful bubble for decades. And then suddenly because of the Queens death - its dawned on me the circle of life that awaits.

All 8 are elderly and not in the best health. 😔

It's so morbid.
All that sad music and religious guff. Everyone in black.

It's supposed to be a celebration of life too.
No way would I mope around and cry all day.
Put some music on and have a little jig. Life goes on. Enjoy it.

I'm crying too.

I think for a lot of people it's the memories of other loved ones that makes it so sad.

I'm sad for the Queen. But I'm also thinking of my grandparents. Missing them and thinking of their funerals.

We only buried DH's grandmother a couple of months ago. It all feels so raw.

I missed the entire thing as we went to the pub. But even if I’d been a watcher, your reaction seems disproportionate.

Did you know the queen? No. Will your life be changed? No.

Go out. Forget about it.

I haven't cried today, just reflected on so much which has happened recently.

My Dad died at the start of August and family feuds stopped me from saying goodbye

My father in law is in a hospice fading fast from stomach cancer. Sat with him explaining all that was happening.

Logically it's an old woman who you don't know. Old women who you don't know die everyday. Do they have the same effect on you?

I've been the same. Can't get it together and my children think I've lost it.

Are there other things going on in your life?

Belated thank you @Hearthnhome

Hugs to others missing lost loved ones. xx

I’m with you op. Majority of people I know feel very emotional too. It’s a massive thing our beloved Queen passing away.

Asking are you being unreasonable for being upset on a site like this will not help you … surely you know that!!

It was executed with pure class today for our beautiful Queen and I for one am a proud Brit!

❤️

I suspect your grief is a symptom of something bigger going on in your mind.

It’s definitely brought out parallel feelings for me, too. I thought of my uncle, who has a matter of days to live due to cancer, and my grandmother, whose funeral I could not attend due to Covid. She was the same age as the Queen, so that definitely set me off.

Thinking that things will never be the same again in this country too.

Why - what will this change? I know some people will think this is awful, but I'd actually sort of forgotten all about it temporarily today, until dh pointed out how quiet it was on our dog walk, presumably because people were watching the funeral.

I mean... obviously it's an historic occasion because, whatever you think of the monarchy (I'm not in favour), she'd been on the throne for such a long time. But it will change nothing and though I certainly wouldn't have wished her harm of course, I'm not the least bit sad. She had a very good innings!

I’ve been crying all day too, feel silly but so very out of sorts too.

Unless you were a member of her close family or immediate staff, NOTHING is going to change.

I didn't cry 'all day' when my dad died (and I loved him very much!!) So yes...you are being OTT, even if 'triggered' 🤷‍♀️

I have been more upset than I thought I would be, for me I think it's tied up with other losses, both parents died when I was young, which I really just got on with. The Queen's death, to me, symbolises a loss of someone who has a been a presence ( v distant as I would not class myself as a royalist) throughout my life and her loss seems to have brought up the loss of all my GPs, my parents and my dc's father.