Coping with the death of a friend

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Coping with the death of a friend

I haven't posted anything in a long time. Honestly, I have been busy with life and found a group of people who I felt comfortable with for the past few years. However, recently one of my friends died. He and I went to high school together and were very close, so close that he decided to come to the same college as me.

I was fully expecting to have him in my life until we were both older than dirt. Over winter break, however, he died and I have been having trouble dealing with it. Most of my other friends are religious to some degree, and expect they will see him again. I keep feeling like he is going to text me and want to hang out again, and I haven't fully accepted that he will never again do so.

I have never had anyone this emotionally close to me die before and I am wondering how others have dealt with this experience.

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Nyarlathotep's picture
I want to say something, but
algebe's picture
Hello Mythlover
chimp3's picture
If you love someone they are
ThePragmatic's picture
Living in reality is a bitch:
Pitar's picture
Be careful to care for
BAACKJD's picture
The cold hard fact is that
SecularSonOfABiscuitEater's picture
I'm sorry for your loss. That
ImFree's picture
Sorry to hear of your loss.

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