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originally posted by: chrismarco
My dad passed away last week rather unexpectedly. It was an extraordinarily difficult situation for my brother and mother to deal with. I always felt that I was a bit closer to my dad but regrettably I've yet to shed a tear or really become stricken with grief. I guess it came more of a shock than anything but not so much that I'm in shock.
A good deal of people around me have gone out of their way to console me only to be told that things are fine. Of course I miss him but I'm confused to some degree why I have not fallen to pieces. The guilt really hit me when the wife and kids were crying and one asked me why was I not crying? I told him we all deal with loss differently.
I consider myself very empathetic but I'm wondering if others have been in a similar situation?
originally posted by: chrismarco
My dad passed away last week rather unexpectedly. It was an extraordinarily difficult situation for my brother and mother to deal with. I always felt that I was a bit closer to my dad but regrettably I've yet to shed a tear or really become stricken with grief. I guess it came more of a shock than anything but not so much that I'm in shock.
A good deal of people around me have gone out of their way to console me only to be told that things are fine. Of course I miss him but I'm confused to some degree why I have not fallen to pieces. The guilt really hit me when the wife and kids were crying and one asked me why was I not crying? I told him we all deal with loss differently.
I consider myself very empathetic but I'm wondering if others have been in a similar situation?