my 'very personal grief' has been
grieved, er, personally. This isn't grief.
This is potentially the way this is going to be for us, and I'm getting used to it. And maybe this isn't the place, but whats with that cultural norm of grief being all squashed away out of sight? Put on the happy face at all times?
As I mentioned above, this was kept VERY personal, yeah there may have been a few public tears in response to some stupid comments, but I pretty much hibernated through the worst of this
(maggotriddendirtbox fast, feral and sharp as a tack since, Tue 17 May 2011, 7:02, 1 reply)

There's a reason we don't share stuff with strangers
a) those strangers don't want to know
b) those strangers might not react the way you want or think they should (see this thread)

It is grief. As you said above, you might not be dealing with it as well as you thought you were. In which case you have family, friends and medical professionals to share with. It's called boundaries. Polite society has them for a reason
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 19 May 2011, 3:05, closed)

Polite society?
ok
(maggotriddendirtbox fast, feral and sharp as a tack since, Thu 19 May 2011, 11:40, closed)