Good Evening =]
This question is going to sound a bit bizarre, but it would really put my mind at ease.
When I was about 7, my grandmother died of pancreatic cancer. She lived longer than she was supposed to, and this is because my grandpa and parents took good care of her. On the day that she died, I remember she was in my grandpa's house for a little. I got a chance to say goodbye to her before my parents made me and my siblings go to the park. When we came back from the park she was taken away, and she died that night in the hospital.
When my mother told us the next day, I was shocked. I started laughing. I remember not really understanding or coping. The funeral came and went, and I guess that as a child I didn't deal too well.
I was sitting in my room a week later, and I started thinking "what if I killed her. What if it's my fault?" and I started fabricating ways in which I could have taken her life that day. I convinced myself that I was the cause of her death, because I did something to cause it. I fabricated many ways, all of which were concrete ways. Like pills. Or playing with her machine. Or things I'm ashamed to even say.
I think some deep part of my psyche still blames myself for it. I know it sound sick, but I spoke to my mom and sister who were there that day. They said I wasn't ever alone with her, and that nothing I could have done could have caused her cancer.
I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and OCD. How do I put my thoughts to rest? Is this a part of what I have?
Thanks!
-FP