My husband and best friend of over 30 years died at the beginning of October after 3 years of living with Stage 4 cancer. I took redundancy from my job a year before to spend as much time as possible with him. I have no regrets as we managed to make some good memories and he still made me giggle everyday.
I am really struggling to function and if it wasn’t for our sons and dogs I don’t think I’d even get out of bed.
He’s all I think about every waking minute and when I’m asleep I have vivid dreams about him (which I really like).
I’m posting for the first time on here as I’ve been reading others posts and do find them so helpful.
Friends and family don’t get it and some seem to feel really uncomfortable when I talk about him but that’s all I want to do.
Please can others give tips on shifting focus as I need to motivate myself to find a job but cannot even concentrate to complete an application?
Many Thanks
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