I lost my mom in April. I’m only 23 and this happened suddenly. I was expecting to have a lot more time. Since then I’ve graduated with my bachelors, got married, got a house, and got my first career job. I feel like all the joy is sucked out of these things right now.

I’m having a hard time keeping going right now and I really don’t want it to affect my new job. How do we deal with these big moments?

I want to keep moving forward with my life but every time something big happens I just shut down. We were in a big fight when it happened and I just keep feeling so guilty and angry. Before, I was busy and distracted. Now that things have settled I’m in a bad place again.