Weltschmerz
Active member
- Joined
- Apr 14, 2019
- Messages
- 57
- Reason
- CALS
- Diagnosis
- 01/2019
- Country
- UK
- State
- SC
- City
- Edinburgh
I’m coming up to the three month mark since my wife passed away, with only limited eye use still available at that stage. While friends have been helpful and I’ve benefitted a lot from long chats and walks, every now and then I have flashbacks to awful situations we found ourselves in when I was in the thick of caring for my wife. Many are related to things that were just plain scary: breathing relayed, or overwhelming emotion at some of the intricate jobs involved in personal hygiene. I have a lot of associated regret about moments in those flashbacks when I wasn’t my best self. It was exhausting to work during the day and come home and be responsible from 7pm - 9am. I know that but I also hate having moments I now wish were different. Does anyone else have the flashback thing? I did hear early on that there may be elements of PTSD, and I wonder if this is part of it. I do have lighter days and moments, of course, but these memories and thoughts come suddenly and really take me by surprise. I wonder if this is common and if so, whether it passes?