Coping with Death

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My Nan has just recently passed away and it's been upsetting for all of us. The truth is when I found out I didn't cry. Don't get me wrong I was sad and I guess I was crying on the inside but I felt mixed emotions in me like anger and annoyance. I guess I'll be crying more when the funeral comes around. I've even been asked the chance to see her before they put the top on the coffin but the truth is I don't really want to because I don't really think I could handle it. I don't want people to think I don't care of course.

Death terrifies me for how it impacts the survivors. My Mom and Dad love each other so much, it terrifies me if something happens to one, what the impact will be to the other. It almost is like losing both at the same time.

Mixed emotions are completely normal. In fact, the most common reaction after a husband has a heart attack is rage. If only he had listened!
There is no pattern you must adhere to as you process your grief and altered life. Just don't insult the dead, be gentle on yourself, and be gentle to people who get bizarre offended during their grief process. Don't take their craziness personally or try to correct them.
I did not cry during my mom's cancer, her death, and the funeral. I was glad she thanked me for all the good times we had together. A few months later I rented the movie Wit with Emma Thompson because I heard it was good. I'm glad I watched it by myself because at the end I nearly sobbed my lungs out.

Im sorry to hear that. It can make a tough time even worse, when there is pressure from other people expecting you to act a certain way. everyone grieves in their way and in their own time, dont feel like you have to do any one thing in order to fit in. it will come to you when your time is right to feel like crying or not. when my grandma died it was less sad at that moment because she was free from her alzheimers, and it has been sadder to me personally later on over the years as I have missed her and realized how special she was to me, but at the time I didnt know what it was like to really miss her yet, and I was relieved that she was done suffering.

i hope you get to grieve on your terms in a way that is best for you.