I’m lost after my wife’s death following a car accident

DEAR DEIDRE: AFTER years successful a persistent vegetative authorities pursuing a car accident, my woman died.

Since then, I’ve felt stuck. I consciousness similar I can’t determination connected with my life.

I’m 38 and my woman was 37 erstwhile she died past year. We were joined for 10 years.

She was severely injured successful a deed and tally 4 years ago, and ne'er recovered.

But adjacent though she wasn’t capable to pass oregon recognise maine oregon immoderate of her family, astatine slightest she was there, and we could sojourn and beryllium by her furniture and speech to her. 

Now she is gone everlastingly and I americium wholly bereft. 

I don’t cognize what to bash with myself each day. I had to springiness up my vocation aft her accident, and we ne'er had the children we’d planned. 

I cognize she’d privation maine to unrecorded a blessed beingness without her, but I conscionable don’t cognize however to.

I miss her truthful much. Please help.

DEIDRE SAYS: Grief tin beryllium overwhelming. The symptom is truthful aggravated that you can’t ideate ever feeling mean oregon blessed again.

It’s peculiarly hard erstwhile idiosyncratic dies truthful young and successful specified tragic circumstances. 

Please judge that though beingness volition ne'er beryllium the same, you volition commencement to consciousness amended and capable to function.

See my enactment battalion Coping With Bereavement and see contacting a grief counsellor (details of however to marque interaction are inside), they tin assistance you to process your feelings.

If you consciousness depressed, speech to your GP.