Hello
I lost my amazing mum last year after being her carer throughout more than 3 years of chemo and radiotherapy. The last few weeks were awful and I can't get seeing her die out of my head. I started studying as a distraction and passed my exams last week but now that has ended everything has come back and I can't stop crying.
Mum and dad were separated but were still in regular contact. He got remarried a few months after mum died and has moved on. He doesn't understand what mum and I went through every day and has started to lecture me almost daily. I can't cope with him anymore and am close to breaking contact altogether. I am sensitive by nature and am really starting to struggle now
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