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Bereavement

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A couple of weeks ago. He was my last surviving grandparent, the longest lived by about a decade but I don't feel as if I was grieving the way I expected. All of the immediate family were in tears at the commital ceremony, apart from, I think, me. Do any of you have similar experience? I'm a little worried I might be a cyborg.

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  • I have noted, from my life experience, that at about the "mid forties" age, men (in particular) seem to reconnect their tear ducts and their emotions, even if they were NEVER a crier before, they can become very emotional entities around that age and thereafter.  I mention this, only because it is interesting to me.

    In answer to your question, I find myself to be either cyborg or blubbering mess.  The former tends to accompany human bereavement, the later tends to accompany animal bereavement.

    From the age of circa 15 to 45, I think I cried, maybe, a handful of times.  Since 45 yrs old, I seem now to regularly flush out the eye hydration system...often for odd reasons.

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  • I have noted, from my life experience, that at about the "mid forties" age, men (in particular) seem to reconnect their tear ducts and their emotions, even if they were NEVER a crier before, they can become very emotional entities around that age and thereafter.  I mention this, only because it is interesting to me.

    In answer to your question, I find myself to be either cyborg or blubbering mess.  The former tends to accompany human bereavement, the later tends to accompany animal bereavement.

    From the age of circa 15 to 45, I think I cried, maybe, a handful of times.  Since 45 yrs old, I seem now to regularly flush out the eye hydration system...often for odd reasons.

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