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Lea

Member since
February 2021

4 posts

Posted Sat February 20, 2021 12:05amReport post

First of all I wanted to thank all these posts for their amazing strength.
Your words like "the knock" , "monster " not sleeping and eating. It is heartbreaking to know that there are people hurting just like me but it has taken away some of the loneliness and isolation I feel since the knock on the 26 November. Thank you.



what I would like more than anything going forward is to laugh. I feel like I have forgotten how to laugh , properly laugh. Like that tummy hurting giggely freedom. I feel my body would love it but it's protecting itself, I just need to learn how to be kind to it again.



In this together.

Lea

Member since
February 2021

4 posts

Posted Mon February 22, 2021 3:13pmReport post

Thank you lee1969 xxx

Louise49

Member since
January 2021

494 posts

Posted Mon February 22, 2021 3:36pmReport post

Lea, I'm about 7 weeks in ( fully supporting my husband but my god it's the worst time ever) but yes we've had moments of laugher. In fact something really daft set us off on Saturday evening!. It was nice, we forgot at that moment the weeks and weeks of trauma and both laughed about this daft thing till we were crying!. Me and my husband have been together over 25 years, we are soulmates and have had plenty of laughs over the years!. So yes you can do it, also in a weird way we are hugging a lot more these last few weeks. I can see how he is so so hurt and remorseful and how our lives right now feel ruined. If we get through all this in one piece I think it will bring us closer as a couple and it's made us realise we need more time together to enjoy each other without the daily stresses of job, money, teenagers!