Do you talk to dearly dead beloved photos when you are alone?

Talking to Dead photos - Talking to dead photos is usually done when a loved ones died suddenly without even bidding goodbye.
Philippines
September 22, 2009 5:25am CST
Their may be a lot of resentment and regret when a loved ones suddenly die without even a premonition when you never ever have given a chance to have a last talk with your dearly departed when she/he still alive. Then, before you know to make her/his feel your loved for him/her it is already too late and you realize you got no chance to make her/his feel valuables. Then, some grieving people find themselves alone, really feel sentimental over the departed beloved loss. It may sounds crazy but it is the way a to express feeling over something that mean so much that they speak or imagine this departed beloved is still present. Have you ever seen person talk to a dead photos or talk to the cemetery when visiting a loved one cemetery/memorial? Do you ever encounter a scene like this or it already happen to you? By way of talking to a departed photos you are able to release your deep emotions which you fail to express when this beloved departed is still alive? Have you done this? Kindly share your thoughts?
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16 responses
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
22 Sep 09
I talk to my hubbys pic all the time! adn I feel his presents with me sometimes and I talk to him then . I see nothing wrong with this. BUt it isnt cause we hadnt said all the things we could have said for we had. Just Wished he could have been cured or that they had got to the cancer sooner than they did.
• Philippines
24 Sep 09
I am deeply sorry for your loss of your beloved husband. Their are many if but it does not mean that holding on to talk to pictures is a paranoia things, but it is normal for a loving person to show how dearly departed beloved are deeply remember. They may be gone in bodily presence but in spirituality presence they stay to remain in your heart and mind.
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
24 Sep 09
thanks for your concern. and yup they do stay in spirity and heart!
• Philippines
24 Sep 09
This is an honest expression of deep feeling for our dearly departed gone but not totally forgotten.
23 Sep 09
I loved my mum, I really did, but I have had some anger towards her at times, and yes I have spoken to the air as though she is in front of me. She never listened to me in real life anyway.
• Philippines
24 Sep 09
Just being true to oneself is the best way to say what ones feel whether were speaking about the dearly departed or with the living person is still the best way to retain those attitudes. thanks for your responses. have a nice day!
24 Sep 09
Thank you for your kind words.
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
24 Sep 09
i dont talk to my father on photo, i talk to him when i pray or when i need someone to talk with it helps make me feel good. my father passwd away 14 years ago and still i miss him so much. he was a very intelligent person and a comedian too. a good heart that always helps anybody and he is love by evry relative we have. in parties and gathering they call him disco king for he is always at the dance floor having fun.
@Capsicum (1444)
• United States
23 Sep 09
This is something , I have never done.I do miss them when seeing a picture.But never talked to them through it.I find at this time ,I have a problem with my aunt as she ages. As I loved my gram ,my aunt is starting to look just like her.I find this hard staring in a all to familiar face at times.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
23 Sep 09
I caught my seven year old talking to a photo of her grandmother who passed away late last year. I thought it was rather nice actually. I don’t do talk to a picture as such but I will talk to the departed’s soul in my head sometimes; I feel the spirit is still around and that the person can hear me. I am not comfortable talking to a picture though, it was cute seeing my little daughter doing it but I find it a bit creepy myself!
@superaren (209)
• China
23 Sep 09
Good answer I agree.
@horsesrule (1957)
• United States
22 Sep 09
I think it is ok to talk to photos of your deceased loved ones. It's all we have left of them and sometimes you just have to say stuff to them. I think going to the cemetary and visiting the grave and talking is good. It is a good way to remember them. It is very hard when they are gone and missing them never goes away though we do get better at handling our sadness as time passes.
• Philippines
22 Sep 09
Yeah, it is a normal things to do it we do it in a reverence and in silence solemn ways just like whispering a prayer and telling of thoughts imagining they are still around hearing us even bodily absences but think they listen too..It is one way to lessen sadness from loss and a way to gives respect to their memories
@daliaj (5674)
• India
22 Sep 09
I have never done that and I don't think I will ever do that. I am very scared to do all those kind of stuff. I have seen many times people talking to god. I mean talking loudly. Personal praye is talking to god. I mean talking to god means saying daily things to god. I have even seen my parents doing it. Happy mylotting.
@hireshd (490)
• India
22 Sep 09
Yes sometimes when things are going right or i remember tose people i talk with those photoos
• Philippines
23 Sep 09
They are the right things to do when we miss the dearly departed imagining they are still around as it is the way we remember them.
@jules67 (2788)
• Philippines
23 Sep 09
No not at all. I don't think I need to have a photo to say something. Normally, I utter words about them in my prayers. Happy mylotting.
• Philippines
23 Sep 09
yeah, just holding the photos and whispering prayers is enough gestures or signs that we remember the dearly beloved departed.
@flower21 (765)
• Philippines
22 Sep 09
I have not done it yet and when times comes I may do so. for the moment i will cherish every minutes spend with my loved ones and telling them how much i love them. it is better to do so than feel guilty having not said those loving words.
• Philippines
23 Sep 09
Yeah, that is the right attitudes everyone should not be ashamed to tell loving words to their loved ones how much you care or loved them before its too late.
@dbabcook (388)
• United States
23 Sep 09
I tend to spend a great deal of time talking to my grandparents who have long passed away. Sometimes I talk to their picture and other times I just sit or lay there and talk to them. They were the most loving & understanding 2 people that I had ever had the pleasure of knowing and I miss them dearly. Have a great evening.
• Philippines
23 Sep 09
I see it as a normal things and it is the only way that we feel could communicate with them better than you should continue even it sounds very emotional and sad it is the way we release the feeling which we have for them showing them how much you miss them would surely be appreciated. As they may be not bodily presence but their spiritual care and guidance will always be there for you.
22 Sep 09
I do with my father and so does my sister. I had a very good relationship with my father but he did not live long enough to see my kids. He saw only 1 grandchild (my brother's). Sometimes, I speak to him in my thoughts (mostly) asking for guidance whenever I have problems or simply to say, I wished he could see all of his grandchildren and us (my brothers and sister) and of course, my mother. It is really hard for those left behind than for the one who left. It gets better in years though and he is always remembered. We still celebrate his birthday until this day, 17 years after he has passed away.
• Philippines
22 Sep 09
Taking times to look and see the beloved departed photos is one way to remember them and at the same time spend quite time to whisper some prayers for their souls. Although, it is a sad things it is a fact of reality and grieving for the loss is a way to release some emotions which have keep tied from the recent years that it is unspoken. By just looking at the pictures we recall the good things we share with the beloved departed and wishing for their guidance even they are bodily absences.
• Philippines
22 Sep 09
I do! Especially that I am away from my Mom right now because she lives almost 4hours away from me since I lived on my own since 2004...So, it's just once in awhile that I get to visit her each month and whenever I fondly miss her, I look at our photos together and talk to it - I tell her, I miss her through that picture and usually, I always end up deciding to see her that soon because it always makes me miss her more and gets me teary-eyed. Love her so much. She's my bestfriend in so many ways!
@rainmark (4302)
22 Sep 09
My grandad past away long time ago, but i never talk to his photo when I'm alone, i just look at it and think about him, I'm sure he understand me and can feel what's in my heart. But when i visited him at cemetery, i always talk to him. Talk about what's new in our life and how we missed him. Happy myloting.
• Philippines
22 Sep 09
no, i don't. i think it's creepy. i get scared easily. i have seen a lot of horror films when a person talks to a photo then the person who is in the photo would suddenly answer and talk back. lol.