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Sign in or register for an accountBereavement can affect people in many ways and various emotions can arise at different times throughout the grieving process. There’s no right or wrong way to feel. Powerful emotions can overtake daily life and be triggered by an unexpected memory or innocent remark.
You may feel shocked or numb or in a daze, overwhelming sadness with lots of crying and feeling out of control. Being angry at the situation, the illness or accident that took them from you, or even at your loved one for leaving you is also common and a normal, natural reaction.
Guilt for feeling angry, guilt for something you said or did not say, even guilt for not being able to prevent your loved one dying is also another common and normal reaction to bereavement.
None of these negative thoughts and feelings make you a bad person. It’s just nature’s way of helping you sort out your feelings and the situation in your own time and your own way.
It’s also natural throughout this period to feel very tired or even exhausted. You can become distracted and forgetful during this period too, as your mind is overloaded with grief.
There are many organisations which provide bereavement help and support.
Telephone: 0161 707 7402
Email: admin@salfordheartcare.co.uk
Telephone: 0161 983 0902 (open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, excluding bank holidays)
Email: gmicb-sal.gm.bs@nhs.net
Email: hello@thegoodgrieftrust.org
Helpline: 0808 808 1677
Email: helpline@cruse.org.uk
Telephone: 020 8574 0912
Email: admin@asianfamily.co.uk
Telephone: 0208 951 3881
Email: enquiries@jbcs.org.uk
Helpline: 0345 123 2304
Email: members@tcf.org.uk
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Weaste Cemetery has a memorial stone for babies who died before birth. You are welcome to lay floral tributes there.
The Children’s Funeral Fund for England can help to pay for some of the costs of a funeral for a child under 18 or a baby stillborn after the 24th week of pregnancy. It is not means-tested: it does not matter what you earn or how much you have in savings.
Telephone: 01924 200799
Telephone: 0808 164 3332
Email: helpline@sands.org.uk
Telephone: 0808 808 6868
Email: fsid@sids.org.uk
Telephone: 0161 711 0339
Email: info@onceuponasmile.org.uk
Telephone: 0161 834 6069
Email: referrals@gaddum.org.uk
Telephone: 0161 983 0902 (open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, excluding bank holidays)
Email: gmicb-sal.gm.bs@nhs.net
Telephone: 116 123
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Telephone: 0808 808 0000
Telephone: 0808 802 1221
Email: info@tht.org.uk
This page was last updated on 3 January 2024