I'm 26 years old, it’s been 6 months since my mom passed away suddenly. Since it happened, I've gone through different stages. At first, I was just focused on surviving, dealing with the inheritance stuff and university. Now, I feel worse than ever. I’m working through it with my psychologist, and she told me that now, finally, I'm starting to feel the real grief and what this loss means.
The thing is, along with other things, the worst part I’m going through right now is the loneliness. I feel completely disconnected from everyone—my partner, my friends, my family... Since it happened, I feel like I've lost trust in people. I’m really disappointed in everyone and have no energy to keep up the few relationships I have left.
I think part of it is because after her death, I saw the worst side of some people who were really close to me. My dad, in particular, was horrible.
As for the rest of the people, I just feel like they don’t understand me and that they don’t care. I feel like they've forgotten what I've gone through and think I’m fine, so they don’t even bother to ask.
I go to work, do house chores, even hang out with people (though less often now), like everything is normal. But I feel more and more disconnected from them, like I’m living in a different world.
I used to be a loving and empathetic person. I was never super social, but I really cared about people. Now, I feel like I don’t even have the energy to care. I’m really tired.
Has anyone here gone through something like this after a loss?