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[quote=Anonymous]Therapy, OP. It's never too late. It sounds as if you may have complicated grief (but a trained grief therapist would be able to tell for sure).

My mom had a pretty terrible dad -- her mom died when she was 9, and her father pretty much emotionally and at times financially abandoned her after that. Nevertheless, she tried to maintain a relationship with him despite so much drama with her oldest sister when he finally got sick and died (took awhile). Years later, she finally went to counseling and it was so helpful for her to work out her feelings both about how he was in life and how she felt about his death. Hokey or not, her counselor's viewpoint was that you continue to have a relationship with people when they're gone and you can still work on your relationship when they're gone (of course you're not getting anything back from them, but you can work stuff out with help in your own head).

I also agree that volunteering, getting a dog or cat, and really trying to expand your own social network might help.[/quote]

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