After death

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Ok so I lost a parent earlier last year and I just can't seemed to accept they have just gone. Like where is their soul? It doesn't make sense to me....is anyone else think the same way? I accept they have died and their body is no longer here, but it's their energy I can't accept has just gone?

Would appreciate your insights x

@pingusslappyfeet

I'm an atheist through and through but your post really resonated with me. It's a lovely post.
I have a similar relationship with my Mum ( No doubt it would be called 'enmeshed' by some Mumsnetters 😅). I'm going to be so sad when she dies but surely that's a really positive thing and something to be celebrated. Imagine having a Mum that doesn't leave a ginormous hole in your life when she dies.

@SoSadForPoorDH

Struggling also.
The physicists info doesn’t help tbh.

I know. Nothing helps. The only thing to do unfortunately is get through it one day at a time. Time lessens the rawness but doesn't help because the reality of death remains. It is the worst part of love.

For anyone in this situation, this series on Netflix Surviving Death is interesting. It is a documentary series looking at things like people who survived, signs from dead people and so on. It's very well done and really interesting. I watched it first when in deep grief and I still found it interesting. If nothing else it will or should stop you from thinking about going to a medium.

Episode 4 about Signs from the Dead is joyful. I don't believe in life after death or signs at all. I think signs are just people comforting themselves. Even with my deep cynicism, I still thought some of the stuff in that episode was just beautiful.

https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80998853

I know this is an old thread, but I can relate to this. Although he was unconscious, one minute was breathing and the next he just went. I felt like I saw him go, like his soul just left his body if that makes sense.

I lost my Dad just over 18 months ago and really miss him. Today I was watching my son and at a certain angle he suddenly looked so like him, it made my heart jump. It reminded me that he’s still here, in both myself, my brother and my children. I take real comfort in that.

That's so lovely @yummyscummymummy01

Sometimes I talk and I hear my Mums voice and I love that, it's like getting to hear her again. We sounded really alike and people used to think I was her when we had a land-line phone.