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Bach Flower Remedies

45 replies

kizzie · 27/01/2002 16:33

Has anyone used Bach Flower Remedies. Did you find that they had any benefits or no effect? I'd be interested to hear any views.

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Marina · 01/02/2002 10:03

Winnie, so very sorry to hear your news. Be kind to yourself amidst all the funeral busyness and especially afterwards. Take care.

TigerMoth1 · 01/02/2002 10:39

Winnie, so sorry for you, your mother, and the rest of your family. Hope you have lots of support from your friends - you know you've got it here. Take as much compassionate leave from work as you can - this is such a shock for you all.

Tigermoth

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SueDonim · 01/02/2002 11:16

Oh, Winnie, I'm so sorry. My own father died three years ago and that was absolute agony, even though he was 91, so I can't begin to imagine your pain. But I will indeed take your advice to cherish my loved ones, especially as my husband is older than your father. Take care.
Sue
xx

Lizzer · 01/02/2002 11:39

My thoughts are with you at this sad time Winnie, I agree that unfortunately it takes something like this to appreciate what we have. Take care X

Rosy · 01/02/2002 12:25

Winnie, my Dad died suddenly at Christmas 7 years ago, and your post still brought tears to my eyes. When my daughter was delivered two years ago, my first thought was how much I would have loved him to see her. I still miss him so much, but that's the price you pay for loving someone. If it's of any comfort, there are lots of people who have lost someone close to them and will understand how you're feeling even if they may not say anything to you. Best wishes, R.

Tinker · 01/02/2002 19:25

Sorry to hear about your loss Winnie. My dad died 12 years ago and I still think about and miss him every day. It's a horrible feeling, take care of yourself.

Louise

ChanelNo5 · 01/02/2002 19:53

Winnie - What a terrible shock, I can only imagine how awful you are feeling. Thinking of you and your family at this sad time. Much Love Chanel.

bloss · 02/02/2002 02:56

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winnie · 04/02/2002 12:18

This is the first time I've been on~line for a few days as we moved house this weekend (unfortunately as with these things it could not be put off however much I felt that it was the last thing I wanted to be doing). Thank you all for your kind messages... they mean a lot to me. I am dreading the funeral, not simply for myself and my brother but for my twelve year old particularly. She was extremely close to her Grampy and we all feel utterly lost. Take care everyone, Love Winniex

ChanelNo5 · 04/02/2002 12:55

Winnie - Thanks for taking the time to post. I had been worrying about you and wondering how you were coping. Lots of love to you and your family, Chanel x

TigerMoth1 · 04/02/2002 13:32

Forgotten you were moving house, Winnie. What a lot to cope with.

I had this too - we moved house days after I heard my mother had a terminal illness, with a life expectancy of two months. I was functioning on a practical level but was numb on another. I had no wish to make our new house homely beyond the unpacking. My husband helped me/made me go through the motions, to help our son (and us) feel at home, and give me something else to think about. I felt guilty for enjoying the odd moment, depressed at the futility of it and angry that I was having to do this right now. Though I realised it would have been even worse to face a house full of unpacked boxes day after day. Making any decision, even the smallest ones took ages, and my memory and concentration were shot to pieces.

In retrospect, I would have got in cleaners to help make the house tidy and functional, and then put off every single decision possible.

Moving into our home meant there was a big something else going on in my son's life, which I am sure helped him to cope with the awful family situation we were all thrown into. Winnie, I hope your daugher can take some comfort from the move.

My thoughts are with you.

Batters · 04/02/2002 15:02

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Copper · 08/02/2002 16:18

Winnie
I'm so sorry to hear about your father's death, you must be absolutely distaught. How is your daughter coping?

ScummyMummy · 08/02/2002 20:25

Winnie, All my love and sympathy to you and your family.

I think your Dad produced a lovely, wise daughter. I bet he was very proud of you.

winnie · 12/02/2002 11:29

Hi everyone, thank you so much for your messages. You are all so lovely. I really do think of you all as friends. Tigermoth, I completely relate to your account of dealing with moving house and devastating news, reading your post made me feel so much better as I was beginning to think that I may be going mad. Copper, my daughter is coping amazingly well. Thank you for asking. The funeral was traumatic but she wanted to go and I wanted her to go. We talk about everything and share how we feel so I think that helps. She was able to choose a song for the funeral that meant something to her and her Grampy and I think that meant a great deal to her on the day. Grief is a strange and dare I say wonderful (as in necessary) thing in that it brings people together and celebrates someone who meant so much to so many. I am still bursting into tears all over the place and feel a great emptiness in my life where Dad was but someone has suggested to me that the emptiness will never go away because when you loose someone you love there absence remains ever with you and therefore they remain always with you.

And as this thread is on flower remedies I have to say that dh, & dd & I have found sweet chestnut very helpful at this time.

Winnie x

Copper · 12/02/2002 11:58

Winnie
what a wonderful way to regard the loss of someone you love, as still present in the hole they leave behind. I shall think about that one: different shape holes may have different effects, I suppose. You and your daughter are lucky in each other, I think, just as your father and you were. Take care and be kind to yourself.

Tigermoth1 · 12/02/2002 12:00

Winnie, read your words - such good ones. I'm glad you're posting, and you're right, you father will always be with you.

Batters · 12/02/2002 19:09

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ChanelNo5 · 13/02/2002 19:12

Winnie - Thinking of you and your family and sending lots of love. Remember we're all here for you if and when you want to talk. Love Chanelx

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