7 Tips for Coping With the Death of Your Husband
5. Get help for your kids and pets
It is natural for you to demand your privacy to grieve when you lose your husband. Instead of trying to manage your kids, pets and other household chores simultaneously and burning out, ask for help. Get babysitters for your kids or send them to their grandparents’ place if possible. Get a friend to look after your pet. Get takeaways for a few months to avoid household chores. Getting more time for yourself will help in coping with your husband’s death faster.
6. Use help from support groups
Your city is likely to host many support groups that help people in getting over the death of their spouses. Sharing your story with a stranger may lighten you up and listening to other people’s success stories of moving on after their spouses’ death may inspire you.
7. Express your grief out loud
Cry your heart out, vent your feelings to a friend, write a letter to your deceased husband or punch away on a punching bag in the gym. Do whatever it takes to express your grief. If you don’t flush the sorrow out of your system, you will never be able to move on.
