All normal feelings after three months. A completely normal reaction. If you said three years, but you said just three months. You are sensitive, selfless, and caring, what happened hurt you deeply. Are you seeing her son or was she not smart enough to preserve the connection between you and him?

Time will heal. You probably will not need medications for the rest of your life because according to your description the depression is purely situational. So medications are just temporary relief in times of crisis. And that is good news.

I would volunteer for a hospice to take your mind off what happened to you. I