There is no time limit on grief. When someone close to you dies it can stay with you for the rest of your life but it can get easier with time. It doesn’t go away but most young people say that over time they are able to handle it better’.

Sheela whose Dad died share her thoughts on what helped her:

You’ve just gone through, quite possibly, one of the worst experiences of your life. From now on, you have to focus on getting yourself back on tract. At first it will seem awful carrying on without the person you have lost. It may seem like a big gap in your life.

Friends and family

The death may well have affected people around you.

Supporting each other
Friends
Memories
Help from others
Good and bad days