I don’t know if this is the right page to post this apologies if it isn’t.
my lovely darling mum is 93, she is gradually getting frailer and less active. I know she is reaching the latter part of her life but my problem is she is so frightened of dying and I don’t know how to help her.
she has always been scared of dying and for years we have almost made light of it and laughed about her fear being fomo , but ad the end of her life beckons how can I help her. I don’t know what to say to her.
This morning she actually said I’m frightened, I don’t want to die. 🥲
I just didn’t know what to say to her.
I am sad at the prospect of losing her, we have always been so close and when she does die it will leave an enormous hole in our lives, so it’s doubly hard to deal with her fear and me being an ostrich and not wanting to go there!
Anyone have any experience or advice they can offer me.
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Life-limiting illness
Mum scared of dying
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FromLittleAcornsGrow · 10/09/2023 23:29
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Muchtoomuchtodo · 18/09/2023 20:03
Does she have a faith? Could a church leader or other appropriate person offer her any words of wisdom?
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