“Therapy Saved My Life”: After Losing A Loved One, Don’t Be Afraid To Ask For Help

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When Camila Legaspi was in high school, she lost her mother to breast cancer. Naturally, the experience of watching her mom face the disease took a huge toll on her emotionally. Having a parent go through cancer, especially at such a young age, is incredibly challenging for the whole family.

So after her mom, Gabriela, passed away — Camila decided to start seeing a therapist. In a recent sit-down with SurvivorNet, she told us that having someone there to simply talk things through with made a huge difference — and really helped her to appreciate all the great things she still had in her life.

“Embrace the situation as best as you can, because the reality is … that it sucks,” Camila said.

Camila recommends that anyone going through a similar situation and dealing with loss reach out for help if they need it — it’s OK to not be OK for awhile.

“Therapy saved my life,” she said. “I was dealing with some really intense anxiety and depression at that point. It just changed my life because I was so drained by all the negativity that was going on. Going to a therapist helped me realize that there was still so much out there for me … that I still had my family, that I still had my siblings.”

“The reality is when you lose someone, it’s really, really, really hard. And it’s totally OK to talk to someone, and I’m so happy that I talked to my therapist,” she added.

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