Loss doesn't feel redeemable. But for me one consoling aspect is the recognition that, in this at least, none of us is different from anyone else: We all lose loved ones; we all face our own death.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In life, loss is inevitable. Everyone knows this, yet in the core of most people it remains deeply denied - 'This should not happen to me.' It is for this reason that loss is the most difficult challenge one has to face as a human being.
I think grieving is the same for everybody that lost someone you love deeply. It's the same. You know, you're really no different than anybody else who's lost somebody they adored.
I think when you suffer a tremendous loss, everybody needs love and support in tangible ways. And that's what people have done for us.
Some of us only meet in the most fleeting moments; some of us never meet, but still hear about one another and therefore cherish what we know from what we've heard, and mourn the loss, even though we're spared what the close-loved ones must endure - the ongoing pain of an empty place in the heart for the rest of life.
Such is my experience - not that I ever mourned the loss of a child, but that I consider myself as lost!
Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss.
No one feels another's grief, no one understands another's joy. People imagine they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by.
When you lose a person you love so much, surviving the loss is difficult.
I think loss can fuel how you lead your whole life.
The thing about losing any loved one, I think, particularly in a long disease, is that you know that other people have gone through it and are going through it, but I think for every person it feels unique.