Grief can make you feel like you’re walking in a daze. You watch the world carry on as yours has stood still and wonder if you will ever feel anything close to ‘normal’ again.

Add to this the twinkling lights and forced fun at Christmas , you can feel completely out your depth. You’re ‘supposed’ to be feeling holiday magic but you can’t bring yourself to. It can be really isolating.

The UK’s leading Dementia charity, Alzheimer’s Society , urges: “Around one million people are living with dementia in the UK and the terminal condition is the UK’s biggest killer which means thousands of families will experience the devastation it causes.

“Many people will be facing this Christmas without their loved ones.”

We may be feeling lonely but none of us are alone in this.

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