Funeral

[Twice-Shy]

I was at a funeral this morning. It was for a 21 year old girl who lives pretty near to me. She committed suicide. There was a massive turnout. It was terrible. The girl had 6 sisters and they were all devastated.

The whole day really affected me quite badly. It brought back a lot of memories for me of last April when I tried to do the same.

I was wondering does being shy and sensitive mean that events like funerals effect us more? Has the death of somebody close or even far away had an effect on you?

[unionjackattack86]

Yeah I guess being sensitive will effect someone more when someone dies, because sensitive people don't tend to be good at handling things like that.
I don't think I would class myself as sensitive though, just shy, although I suppose being shy gives me a percentage of sensitivity.
My dad died last year, I was depressed for a few months but i'm alright now. I went quite alot of funerals last year, I went my dads funeral, the funeral of a family friend and about five others although I didn't know the people of the five funerals, I was just altarserving at church when they were on.
One of the funerals was quite emotional for me however as the lady who died was the grandmother of the lad who altarserved with me at my dads funeral for support and now I was supporting him by altarserving with him at his grandmothers funeral.
I'm also a special minister [for those of you who don't know, its someone who gives out holy bread in a catholic church] and I trained to be one with this lad, and the only reason he was becoming one was so he could give communion to his gran at home as she was too ill to attend church; he actually managed to take it to her at least once I think before she died.
I'm pretty accustomed to death/funerals now as i've had a fair bit of experience in them although it does remind me of family deaths.

[NewOrleansLady]

I always think about what the families are going through and sometimes put myself in their situation. I have 3 brothers and a sister and know that I would be devistated if anything happened to them so I spends days thinking about that families. My grandmother died a few years ago and I remember being more concerned for my mom having to loose a parent. With a suicide I would probably spend a lot of time wondering what that person was going through personally. I think about everything and feel sympathy for a lot of people, wheather I know them or not.

[cellardoor]

I was wondering does being shy and sensitive mean that events like funerals effect us more? Has the death of somebody close or even far away had an effect on you?


everyday.

[cellardoor]

I was at a funeral this morning. It was for a 21 year old girl who lives pretty near to me. She committed suicide.





i'm sorry.

[moogle]

maybe it does. but lately i've gotten pretty used to the idea of death in general. been really suicidal lately, since my depression's getting worse. but a death in the family inspired me to write one of the best things i've ever written...

which brings me to a sidenote, it would be cool to have a forum for poetry/stories or to post artwork.

[spitzig]

I tend to think I react less to death than most people. Death, conceptually, doesn't really bother me--everyone dies. On an individual basis, I sometimes see all the stuff they missed, like if they had a kid, they missed seeing the kid grow up. Or, maybe I miss them, although I've not been close to hardly anyone who's died, so I don't miss them that much.

On a personal basis, it often makes me jealous, how at peace they are. I don't particularly believe in an afterlife--non-existence sounds pretty peaceful. But, yeah, I am quite often pretty depressed, too.

[Twice-Shy]

That's a great idea Moogle: a category for posting fiction / non fiction / poetry / artwok. I'll open a forum now and we'll see how it goes.

Shane