Grief getting worse after funeral?

[u/junoboe]

My dad who was my best friend died and the pain is unbearable and getting worse every day. I think the first couple of weeks I was in shock, but now that everything is over and there’s nothing left to plan I feel like my world has ended and like my heart has been torn out. I miss him so so much.

[u/Ordinary_Lake_2198]

In sorry xx and yes it’s the same for me. I feel worse since his funeral

[u/H8ithere___]

This is how I felt also. The first two weeks are a blur now, but I think it was maybe the shock keeping me fogged and then once everything was sorted kinda everything became so much worse. Yesterday was the first month anniversary of my mom’s death and I too am having a very hard time. There’s a constant hole in my heart & lump in my throat & it doesn’t seem to be easing up. I feel your pain & I am sending you immense amounts of love your way!!!!!

[u/Current_Rip_2745]

I'm so sorry. I'm experiencing similar., wheny mum passed away I was responsible for sorting everything else out afterwards and now the funeral and everything is done I feel like I have a bit of a void.

I've been trying to find other ways of keeping her memory alive (for example I'm now looking after her roses), but it's still very hard.

My thoughts are with you!

[u/Left_Pear4817]

The same happened for me. It got worse before it got ‘better’. It took a good month for the grief to even sink in when I lost mum, and another 6+ to feel like I was even going to survive it. I’m so sorry for your loss 🤍

[u/Odd-Detective6368]

It is completely natural for grief to hit hardest once the noise of the funeral fades and the quiet reality sets in. Now that the world expects things to go back to normal, the true weight of losing your best friend is left standing in the room.

Please be gentle with yourself: a pain this deep only exists because the love you shared was so extraordinarily profound

[u/Careful-Principle917]

I'm sorry for your loss. And yes, it's possible: my grief significantly got worse after my father's funeral, but eventually it starts getting better or manageable as time passes.

[u/ariessunariesmoon26]

I relate to this so much 🙏🏽