Widow's brain

Well, there's a new term that I had never heard! But it explains so much of what I've been going through. You can google it. I thought this was a good article (click here)A few days after he passed away, I received a sympathy card from a dear elderly friend who lives about 150 miles away. I couldn't figure out how on earth she had heard of his passing. I picked up the phone to call her and thank her for her sweet note. She said that I had called her the day after he passed away. I had absolutely no recollection of making that phone call. I still don't remember it. And I probably never will.Yesterday, one of my sisters said to me that I was kind of funny after he died. I would say and do the strangest things. So I decided to google and that's when I first saw the term "widow brain". Who knew?Yep, I think I might serve as a textbook case. I knew I was in a fog and I just allowed it to happen. I didn't care who did or said what. I didn't really understand why I didn't care. I remember so many people surrounding me and I just wanted to be alone. I remember watching hours of Hallmark Christmas movies.....and I never watch Christmas movies in July! It was simply my brains way of insulating itself, protecting itself.Then today, someone posted this on facebook:and that hit me hard. It is so true. Every. Single. Thing. Changes. No matter how much I hated his diabetes - we still did thin...
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