How to support struggling husband after his fathers death

[Starryeyed2021]

Hi all,
we lost my father in law few weeks ago to a quite sudden way, and husband is really struggling doesn’t want to go work, says he will never be happy again or enjoy life , never have fun again, is these feelings goin to go away or is it always like this? How can I help him , I feel like sitting at home surely can’t help him? I want to encourage him to back to work

If you haven’t lost a parent then you probably won’t understand how much this can affect you. Let him grieve however he needs to. His world has just been completely shaken up. Just be there to support him and please don't push him back into work, if he’s not ready. It took me over a month before I could even think about work and even then it was on reduced hours.
Sorry for your loss.

Just to add, those feelings won’t stay with him forever. He just needs some time to adjust to life without his father in it.

It takes time and he's hardly had any. Pushing him back to work before he's ready could do more harm than good.

I was off for a couple of months when my parents died. It took a year or two to begin to feel more okay than sad. It's a massive loss and massive adjustment.

https://www.sueryder.org/grief-support/