How Do You Deal With Death?

So my grandmother recently died. My maternal grandmother. She passed last Monday on the 17th, and ever since then everything has just been up in the air. I am am aware that grief is a very individual and personal thing. But at this point, my immediate family just are not coping well. Everyone is drained - especially due to the fact that normal life obviously must continue in the way of obligations like work, taking care of kids, and the pest that is menstruation, and whatnot. But everyone is just completely and utterly heartbroken at the moment. Life seems so empty and dreary.

I almost wish that someone would invent some sort of device that allows human beings to leave the body for a few weeks or months, without dying, just for a break from life. That would be SO useful.

Does anybody have any tips on how to deal with death?

I'm very sorry to hear that you lost your grandmother. Losing someone is never easy, but as you said, we are expected to just go on. It's so hard.

I find much comfort in my faith. I don't know what I'd do without it. I don't know if you're a woman of faith or not, but I will pray that you and yours are blessed with peace and comfort.

I'm sorry to hear you loss. losing someone is very painful. The best thing we can do about it is live with the beautiful memories of the lost.

So sorry for your loss, after my grandma died I also felt so odd for quite a bit, but don't worry; most people get their stuff back together after a bit. You just need to face your pain as much as you can, don't try to hide it, just face it.. cry as much as you want. Talk about it, express yourself... don't bottle it up, it makes matters worse, believe me.

I don't know if you are religious or not, but probably our grandmothers are somewhere very nice, watching over us... you know? After my grandma died, some weeks after that, I could smell her perfume... it was sneaking out from the other room. Call me crazy, but I could swear I could feel her presence and that was a clear sign (to me) that everything was going to be ok and that there might be a big chance there is more to life and death than we know.

By the way... it was odd for me to smell her fragrance, because many years had passed since the last time she was in that house, and no one in that house used that fragrance; it smelled like roses and was so strong!