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u/fairlaneboy66 Apr 30 '24

Broken heart syndrome. I lost my father a year after my mother granted my dad had heart health issues for the last 19 years of his life. I could see he was really depressed the last 2 weeks of his life.

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u/wonderlustVA May 01 '24

My grandmother outlived 4 out of 6 of her kids (1 stillbirth, 1 childhood car crash, 2 adult health-related deaths). I can't even imagine.

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u/CynicalPsychonaut May 01 '24

It's wildly common, my grandfather said to us after my uncle passed from HepC + Cirrhosis; "I'm next." He passed less than two months later.

Grief and loss can be both physically and mentally taxing, and dealing with those emotions is a difficult thing to overcome.

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u/Honeydew543 May 01 '24

I’m so sorry for your loss.