What is considered a normal amount of time to get over someone close who has died?

Question

What is considered a normal amount of time to get over someone close who has died?

Answer 1

I think about 1 month-42 days is how long it is ok to wake up crying, or to turn around, because you thought you heard them call your name. After that, it is ok, to rearrange their room, or turn over a picture of them as you walk by, because it cuts you fresh to see it. After that its ok to measure the time they have been gone, the way you once measured their birthdays. The waiting time is different for everyone, and in some cases, the wound may never close.

Answer 2

An average grieving time is around a year, however, everyone is different. Over time thoughts of a loved one will still bring sadness, but you learn to concentrate on all the good times with that person. It gets easier with time, but it is not unusual to feel that void for the rest of your life with someone who was close to you. When you are ready, think of the good times and how much that person brought into your life, rather than the loss, and you should begin to feel blessed that you had him/her for as long as you did.

Answer 3

everyone heals in their own amount of time. my dad passed away 18 years ago and my brother 14 yers ago. i'm still not over it.

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Answer 4

Usually in about 1 to 5 years the body will decompose and stop rotting. Also helps to increase your distance from the person or to cover or bury the body.

Answer 5

It's different for everyone... but allow yourself to experience every stage of the grieving process at your own pace!  According to Elizabeth Kubler-Ross (1969), there are 5 stages of grief:

1) Denial

2) Anger

3) Bargaining

4) Depression

5) Acceptance

Link:

http://www.modernlife.org/all_staples199...

Answer 6

However long it takes, but someone who is totally non-functional after some months would benefit from grief counseling.  It's one thing to mourn for many years.  It's another to stop living.

Answer 7

I don't think there is a 'normal' amount of time.

Everyone grieves in different ways. It takes you as long as it takes you, particularly if it's someone close.

Answer 8

Grief counselors advise not to make major changes in one's life, or change investments, etc. for at least twelve months because one is not thinking clearly. One year is about how long it takes to turn the corner toward normalcy. But grieving can continue for longer. Take whatever time you feel you need.

Good luck.

Answer 9

In the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), they say 2 months is considered normal. But some cultures may consider a longer period of time to be appropriate.

Apparently, if grieving lasts significantly longer than 3 months, a diagnosis of Major Depression may be considered, but that's up to a doctor to make that judgment.

I used to work for a mental hospital. We admitted an old man whose wife had died some weeks before. He said he was seeing his dead wife. The psychiatrist said this was normal and sent him home after only one day.

Answer 10

Well, personally, you never truly "get over" losing the life of a loved one. The task at hand is not to forget or get over the lose of their life, but to learn to cope and move on responsibly with them still in your heart.  

Answer 11

could take years

Answer 12

There is no time table to gauge the "normal" amount of time for something like this, after all it is a person you loved. Any amount of time is normal. I was 10 yrs old when my grandmother, who raised me passed away and I didn't cry for years, not because i didn't understand that she wasn't coming back, but because i wasn't ready to accept that she wasn't going to walk through the front door (with icecream like she always did because she was a puerto rican grandma who even if you were obese, she'd still think you were too thin, lol) . When i finally absorbed it, i lost it, i was 13 by then and  tried to commit suicide. I'm alright now but I still think of her, and you will always remember your loved ones and you'll take as long as you need to adjust to their absence. It's not easy, but it will get better. If it becomes unbearable like it did for me at 13, you really should seek help, this person who's passed away wouldn't want you to suffer like you are. As long as you remember this person, the love they gave you the things they taught you and the little things about them that made them who they were, that made you love them, they will forever be with you where ever you go. I know that mere words from an anonymous stranger will not make the pain go away, but if you just hold on to the good memories that the two of you shared, remember all of the good things that this person wished for you, hopefully, things will get better on their own if not please get help. My condolences.