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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents passed at similar young ages about as long ago  as yours did.

At this point, you need to start giving serious thought to therapy to deal with your feelings and emotions because it's holding you back.

Sure, I miss my parents and wistfully think at times how nice it would be if they had lived longer.  And of course shed a few tears now and then but by and large it's not an ever present thought even when I see  friends with their parents. 
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OP again. You've hit the nail on the head, it is holding me back. I hold onto my parents' material possessions and DH and I sometimes spend vacations in the same places we used to spend vacations as a family when I was a child. Luckily my DH likes these places a lot.

One of my oldest friends, who still lives in my hometown, is in a similar situation as me. She's 54, her father died of a cardiac arrest in 1992 at the age of 62 and her mom passed 7 years ago, aged 80 or so. My friend has no siblings, no kids and she divorced her husband a long time ago. She is alone. She lives in her parents' house. She still grieves her parents, BUT she has a massive friendship circle. She is quite the social butterfly, she goes out a lot and she constantly surrounds herself with other people. 
Sadly I don't have any close girlfriends in my area (no one for a deep conversation) just friendly acquaintances and co-workers.

So yes, it may be time for some grief counselling ...

Thank you all for your feedback, it has been helpful.[/quote]

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