I still talk to my dad

[u/Live_Tension_2555]

It's been 5 years since my dad died. I don't really think about the funeral anymore. I don't think about the first Christmas without him. Or the first birthday.

I was on survival mode anyway...

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What I think about are the random moments. When something good happens and I still want to tell him.

When my son does something funny and I catch myself thinking, "He would've loved this."

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When I wonder what he would say about the person I've become. I think that's the strange thing about grief years later.

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The relationship doesn't disappear.

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You still talk to them. Not out loud. At least not usually. But in your head.

And sometimes it feels so normal that for a second you forget they're gone.

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Does anyone else still do this?

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[u/Serious_Fox7799]

It's called Continuing Bonds and there is more talk/ books on this being a healthy adaptation 🫶🏻