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Halloween seems insensitive now

lexusolsenlexusolsen member
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anyone else feel this way now? The fake graveyards, skulls and skeletons just seem so insensitive. Once you've seen a dead body, it doesn't seem so harmless anymore.

I just want to curl up and hide so i don't have to see babies dressed up with their older siblings and all the death-related decorations. I'm going to try to push through it and attend a Halloween party for dd on Friday. Dh and I decided to leave early so that I can have an escape plan already. Hoping that makes it a little easier.
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    CheesyPeasCheesyPeas member
    I feel the exact same way.  I also think of all the Halloween maternity shirts I've seen that show a baby skeleton on the baby bump.  Those make me want to cry.  They need to go away forever.
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    stefugestefuge member
    I have never liked Halloween, but I agree. All of the gravestones and skeletons and death references are so much harder.
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    shandorfml2shandorfml2 member
    I like halloween, always been one of my faves but I agree once you're baby dies, you see the world in a new way.

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    I am so with you!  For some reason it didn't affect me as much after my loss...I think because we didn't really do any halloween stuff last year and we flew out to Vegas on halloween night so we kind of escaped it.  But my mom died 10 years ago...Halloween used to be one of my favorite holidays and I LOVED scary movies, the scarier the better.  But after my mom died, I could not handle halloween.  Like you said, the graves, bodies coming out of graves, hearses....I guess when you see most of that for real, the fake stuff isn't as innocent anymore.

    After the first five years or so I could finally handle halloween decorations again, but it's been ten years and I am just now getting to the point where I think I can maybe handle scary movies again, but I'm not sure.  Hugs!
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    mrslucidmrslucid member
    I always loved Halloween up until this year. I'm trying to avoid all things Halloween now. My daughter would have really gotten into it this year which makes it even harder that she's not here.
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    mingaling2mingaling2 member
    Day of the Dead is a great alternative. 

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