Has a death in your family ever made you start living a certain way?
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u I'm in the funeral home business, so I may not be the best person to comment on this one. But I lost three elderly family members in four months last year, and I'm not immune to how losing loved ones impacts people. We all handle it differently. Death of loved ones reminds people that nobody gets off the planet alive; we all come with an expiration date, we just don't know when or how. Coming to grips with someone's end of life often prompts members of families to have the end of life discussions that they avoid until they feel they need to have them. But for me, it reminds me that time we have with people we love is precious, and not to put off visiting those people who matter to us. Don't come up with reasons like being "too busy" to visit friends and relatives. Don't put off taking that trip with them that you talked about for years. Time is a precious commodity that we can't get back.
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I try to operate in a way that God will be happy with so that I can rely on God for help when I'm not able to help myself. I also take supplements such as walnuts to lower my risk of Alzheimers and I plan for my retirement every day by eating foods or consuming supplements that will help me age gracefully. I also do meditations and try to perfect flaws in my character as a daily thing.
You mean cynical, regretful, be introspective a lot. Absolutely. Unless you are a perfect human being, and if you have lived a Charmed Life, then you're like the rest of us and have suffered a tragedy and live with lots of regrets. I know this may sound shallow, but there's nothing we can do about the past all we can do is make sure the future doesn't have the same mistakes.
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My dad died on 12/16/20 his birthday was on the 7/4, it was a dark time I my life, I decided one day that I was going to change my life. I stopped vaping and smoking weed. Today I feel like a changed man and very happy at that. The future has never looked so bright. It’s like the rising Phoenix. Death is a very powerful thing.
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The sudden and unexpected death of a very close loved one when I was only 17 really changed me, and also put me in a pretty deep depression for awhile. It's like I became a completely different person after that, and grief did some odd things to me, like cause me to lose interest in a lot of things I previously enjoyed. I also strangely suddenly grew up a lot during that time, though. I have no idea how I kept it together as much as I did, to be honest. There were a lot of bad things happening in my life outside of that at the time, and I remember just trying to push through the last couple of months of school the best I could. I remember feeling really emotionally numb for awhile, and felt as if it was not real for the longest time.
I currently have a terminally ill family member as well, and have learned to never take anyone for granted and to appreciate every moment you have with them, as you never know when it may be your last. - 1.2K opinions shared on Relationships topic.
I think I closed myself off for awhile...
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My grandad died in 2019, he was the first loss I ever experienced close to me. It ruined me. I was on a really dark path. But I think it matured me too. And brought me closer to God (but I know people don’t care about religion here lol). I don’t know, it changed me a lot. I don’t know if it was good or bad, though.
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When my husband passed away I start to see things differently, be more intuitive, there are times I catch myself wanting to say something & realize he's not there.
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Yes. Not just in my family but close enough to consider family. Totally shut down for a while. Just went through the motions while life continued around me, sounding like background noise on a television.
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My Grandad's death when I was ten was my first loss and it changed the way I saw everyone, I realised he was the only decent member of that side of the family and the one person who always had my back even before I was born he tried to protect me from the inevitable, unfortunately my mother ignored his warnings and his hands became tied until the day he died.
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It made me realize how bad my mental health may deteriorate as i age & now im planning on how I'm going to kill myself if it gets as bad as my grandma got before her passing.
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When my father died I was in the middle of going back to college to gain a degree in Computer science and I planned on starting a second career. I channeled him throughout the process. I had a few setbacks and it was very difficult at times but I just thought about how he would be telling me not to be a wussy and just get it done.
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Honestly, no, not yet. I lost a couple of members, but I wasn't really close with them to be really impacted. I remember being at two of the funerals and not crying. Sure, I was sad, but I wasn't crying like a babbling brook.
I feel when I lose one that I had more interaction and time with like my grandparents or my parents it will hit hard, but I haven't had to go through that yet - 372 opinions shared on Relationships topic.
Grandparents passed away when I was really young, it saddens me and I felt a sense of disconnection about it with families.
Recently a family member attempted suicide and close to death; it definitely devastates me and makes me wanna build my kinship stronger than ever… it just brings awareness of how you never know what someone may be thinking, going through, and what will happen tomorrow.. cherish those in your lives and make it known you care for them. - 2.1K opinions shared on Relationships topic.
It definitely can be a shock to our lives and make us think differently about the way we were living previously, I lost my 1 brother not to long ago and it kind of gave me a wake up call to enjoy life as much as possible Cuz at anytime it can be over for me
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When my dad, my granddad, and my President all died within a month of each other, I was just 18. My life changed from the wild child me to Mr. Responsibility.
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Yup was devastated after I lost my son 6 year old to ewing sarcoma cancer in 2018 I was very selfish person not giving not helping and now I'm quite opposite it's a little difficult to handle I get used a lot but I know it it's a matter of if I'm willing to accept it or not but I do my best to be good to people
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Yes it is I ended up getting life insurance on me my father I was scared not to be prepared. I also more cautious with the way I do things and react and be around people. I’m part of me can’t just go and do whatever I have to have a back up plan
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Well life is short and death let's us know each time it happens.
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well death in general i used to be scared of. and i totally miss all my grandparents who've all passed away. but i wouldn't say their deaths changed me to live differently
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Yes I was suicidal when my grandmother passed away. My mom is a narcissist who abused me mentally, psychologically and didn't gave a fuck about my feelings.
I was extremely depressed and as a result I ended up going to medical school. I purposely wanted to punish myself and I wanted to disappear from this world mentally by getting LOST IN BOOKS FOREVER. Later I opened my eyes and quit my major like hell. I'm mentally stable now and doing well with my life. - 3.2K opinions shared on Relationships topic.
No. Never experienced death in my family except my grandfather. I'm always around my family though, besides the fact I don't bother with death, once a person is gone they ate gone, but I think the death my mom and grandma will definitely impact me for the rest of my life though.
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Every death I've had to deal with has challenged how I live.
I've lost family members to traffic accident, house fire, cancer, heart failure. Every time someone I care about dies it impacts how I live. - 490 opinions shared on Relationships topic.
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