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Zero
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posted October 15, 2009 01:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Zero     Edit/Delete Message
My friend died today. Cancer. RIP. Can't write. No motivation.

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genevive42
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posted October 15, 2009 02:43 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for genevive42   Click Here to Email genevive42     Edit/Delete Message
Sorry to hear that. My condolences.

Don't worry about writing right now unless it will help with what you're feeling.

Hang in there.

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InarticulateBabbler
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posted October 15, 2009 03:07 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for InarticulateBabbler   Click Here to Email InarticulateBabbler     Edit/Delete Message
That's too bad, Zero. Cancer is a tough way to go.

When my mom died, it was a motivation to write (and a way of releasing some of the grief). I wrote about her.

Just remember, your friend is no longer suffering.

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Rommel Fenrir Wolf II
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posted October 15, 2009 06:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rommel Fenrir Wolf II   Click Here to Email Rommel Fenrir Wolf II     Edit/Delete Message
when my uncle died in feb 08 i was deployed and snowed in, i dednt want to do anything but stay in bed and sleep due to the lack of motivation.

after a day or 2 i got out of bed and played Halo with the rest of the Plt. i could not let it get me down for i had a mission to do and i could be called to go out at a moments notis.

RFW2nd

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philocinemas
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posted October 15, 2009 10:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for philocinemas   Click Here to Email philocinemas     Edit/Delete Message
Zero, I feel for you. I had a friend die last week. He was apparently driving along and began having a heart attack. He pulled off to the side of the road and died. I really got kind of mad about the whole thing. It was a fairly busy road and somehow he ended up sitting in the car for two days before anyone realized he was dead. He was only 36.

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Bent Tree
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posted October 15, 2009 11:43 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Bent Tree   Click Here to Email Bent Tree     Edit/Delete Message
I extend my deepest condolences. I lost a few loved ones this year. I am not the best at dealing with death, but after losing one of my best friends, I found that writing helped and that it could be used not only as a medium to convey my emotions but a wat to eternalize my feelings toward said friend. The result was a story which I entered in the Return to Luna Competiion. It did not win, but I felt it was an accomplishment nonetheless. It also serves as a memorial of sorts.

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Robert Nowall
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posted October 16, 2009 02:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Nowall   Click Here to Email Robert Nowall     Edit/Delete Message
My sympathies.

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Zero
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posted October 19, 2009 10:07 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Zero     Edit/Delete Message
Thank you. The funeral is soon. It's just never easy, is it.

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Pyre Dynasty
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posted October 19, 2009 04:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Pyre Dynasty   Click Here to Email Pyre Dynasty     Edit/Delete Message
Sorry.

Each person mourns differently, and each mourning experience is unique (as each person and each relationship is unique.)

For me work, whatever that entails, is how I work through the emotions. I once spent three days playing Pokemon, when my scoutmaster died.

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