Too much death lately - please help.

[mumbar]

Hi, I've never posted here before - guess I'm just looking for kind words and advice.

I work in a special school and unfortunatly some of the pupils have severe medical needs. A pupil I worked with died last year which was very sad. The anniversery is coming up.

Another pupil who I worked with as 1:1 care dies unexpectedly before christmas. The funeral was in the new year. Another pupil died recently.

My uncle also died and his funeral was today. He was older but had illness which eventually robbed him of his life. He has 4 children (my cousins). It absolutly broke my heart today watching his 3 sons carry his coffin into the cremetorium. They are slighly older, the same age and slightly younger than me. And his daughter whos only 21 was sobbing throughout. .

On return to work I found out the other pupils funeral is at the same time as my DS hospital appointment. I'm struggling with this. Although my responsibilities lie with my DS (its an allergy apt so extremely important)I am heartbroken I won't get to say goodbye to the little girl.

I'm just really struggling at the moment emotionally.

Thanks for reading.

I'm so sorry Mumbar, it must be very difficult and exhausting for you losing all of these special people in your life.

Does your employer offer you any type of counselling? Anybody would find this situation hard to deal with.

Thanks. We do get a visit from the ed psych. She works on pupils statements so we know her well. We get group or solo sessions with her.

Just hit that stage of emotional exhaustion. Needed to write it down somewhere.