Someone has died suddenly - St Christopher's Hospice

Eat well. Bereavement is hard on you physicallyand emotionally, and you all need to eat thingsthat will keep you healthy, even if it is hard tothink about that at times.Try to rest even if you find that your sleeppattern is affected. Most people find their sleeppattern changes after a death, and it can be aproblem if you feel very tired all the time. Childrenneed a regular bedtime routine, they need to resteven if they don’t go off to sleep straight away.Remember that it will get better in time.Do things together as a family or with yourfriends. You are all going through the sameexperience even if it feels a bit different foreveryone, and it is important to keep talking toeach other and sharing the activities you are usedto doing together.Give yourself and your family time to adjust.Don’t be too hard on yourselves if it takes a longwhile to get back to an ordinary life. This is normalafter a sudden death.