This empty feeling

[The Valkyrie]

Just recently a family friend passed away and every time I experience a death I get this strange empty feeling ( you'd say doesn't everyone, of course, but it feels different from that). The religious types will pray and make themselves feel better about a situation but what do I do? I feel like I'm missing something or maybe I just don't know how to handle sadness and stress the way others do. It's not that I want to pray, because to what? But I can't explain the feeling I get. Perhaps I just need an outlet, someone who can relate. I wasn't raised religious although I was christened for whatever reason my parents thought it necessary. A lot about death in general bothers me because it's such an unknown.

I personally get through the grief of death by remembering the person for who they were, the impact they had on my life and the life of others.

I'm a strong believer that those of the religious who use their religion to feel better about the inevitable is simply a placebo effect.