Traumatised by watching my mother die.

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I watched my mother die on Tuesday, (she was end of life care) and I really do feel traumatised by the experience. Don’t get me wrong, I wanted to be with her when she died, I just wasn’t prepared for how truly awful it was. My GP has kindly prescribed me a few days sleeping tablets as I haven’t slept since Monday. Any words of advice as to how I navigate my way through these dark days.

I am so sorry for you OP, it must have been dreadful - but at least you were there and she will have been comforted by that at some level I'm sure.

My parents both died last year within a month of each other in the first Covid wave when you could only visit for one hour when they were at end of life. I wasn't there for either of their deaths and it haunts me that they died without family and any comfort we could have provided, no matter how little.

Thank you for all your kind words. I’ve been kept very busy with organising mum’s funeral which is on Wednesday. I’m just taking one day at a time.

The memory does fade. It’s really tough initially though. So few people you can tell which makes it harder. X