Dealing with Death / myLot

United States

July 25, 2010 12:18am CST

I recently had a death in the family and I was wondering, how do YOU deal with a death in the family? It made me really sad because she was pretty close but I couldn't cry like the other people at the funeral. I was just as sad as the others, but I didn't cry. I tried, because I thought maybe it could help release some emotions or something. But I just couldn't cry. I don't know why but I couldn't at all. Has this ever happened to you? This was really weird? I wasn't bottling anything up, I really wasn't. I expressed my sadness healthily, but I didn't cry. So my question is simply, why?

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jowzerc

@jowzerc (4)

• Philippines

26 Jul 10

i have witnessed deaths on my family and i can;t remember any moment of crying.. maybe to much sadness dried up my tears before they could come out of my eyes... or maybe i just can't cry because deep inside my heart knows that the place they're heading is a happy place. ^_^ crying comes naturally... or maybe you where crying but before they come out of your eyes your passed out loveone is already wiping it out for the reason that she/he don't want to see you crying.. :)

@kingparker (9673)

• United States

25 Jul 10

I don't know. The same thing for me while my grandma die. I didn't shed a tear when I hear that news. After a couple of days, in the early morning while I was waiting for the school bus, all of my memory of her suddenly comes back to me, and I start crying without sound. That just me I guess.

@Lotswits (176)

• Hong Kong

25 Jul 10

I did have some member passed away wihtin the years. No special technics dealing such circumstances. As to the question, I think crying is not enough for you to release your emotions. It just like the saying goes "Time is the best healer". Crying is unneccessary, momorize someone you love is more important.