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Ask HN: Dealing with Family Loss

4 points| san_dimitri | 4 years ago

I work in a Fortune 500 tech company in the Bay Area. Recently, I lost my mother to COVID in my home country and had to visit home to perform the funeral etc. Also, I have a young family here in the CA with a 3 year old child in autism spectrum.

I am feeling overwhelmed by the whole situation and need some guidance/pointers on how to cope with this. My spouse is very supportive but we both need some kind of professional help to avoid burnout. Any advice/help would be totally appreciated. Thanks hackers.

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gus_massa|4 years ago

Similar thread: "Ask HN: How to cope with the death of a dear person?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27323430 (263 points | 88 days ago | 95 comments) . I hope one of the comments there helps you. In particular look at the quote posted by ColinWright https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27324197