Hi lebestiole . Welcome to Psych Central. I am sorry for your loss. It must be so difficult to lose someone that is like a father to you. How are you managing these days?

When my dad died a year ago, I felt like a part of me had died and I had to reinvent who I thought I was because I could not ever change how we related to each other anymore. I had to accept how things were and just allow myself to feel the waves of grief and sadness over the months. It was like peeling an onion. I peel off one layer of grief and there is another.

It is the autumn and that was when we lost dad. When the weather is cool I feel a certain sadness as if I am in it all over again. Sometimes when I go to the supermarket I see his favorite foods and I think of him and it hits me, a wave of sadness.

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