Offering hope, comfort and support for survivors of suicide loss.
Thinking about pain as an ally seems almost impossible after a loss by suicide. Pain is one of the things you most fear; it is something you don't embrace, or welcome with open arms. Yet, pain can be your best teacher. In the aftermath of my own father's suicide I remember thinking and feeling that life as I knew it had changed. For quite sometime I fought this notion, and hated that my life had changed without me wanting it to. My heart was ...
As more and more families face the loss of a loved one to suicide and deaths of this nature permeate the news, it’s easy to question why more isn’t being done to prevent future losses. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention works tirelessly to share their resources and messaging in communities and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline also helps.
Recently, I was surprised and “thrilled” when I received a local event notification ...
From an outside perspective, it can look like we are giving up after a loss by suicide. The tears keep falling, phone calls go unanswered, plans get cancelled. Are we giving up the fight? No. We are learning how to live again. In essence, we are starting over. Suicide changes everything you know to be true about the world. Recently, I spoke about what constitutes a traumatic loss, and how the grief process differs from that of a natural ...
Suicide is something no family should have to experience – especially more than once. Today, guest blogger Erika B. shared about a new growth on her family tree, mental illness, and how she persevered when suicide strikes twice.
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My older sister Andrea used to torment me as a child, telling me lies – that I wasn’t actually born into my family, but adopted. It used to make me cry, thinking that my parents and my only sibling ...
Grateful and suicide; two words that often are not associated with one another. How can you feel grateful after experiencing something that has caused tremendous pain and angst? Suicide takes people away from us in a manner that we couldn't have ever imagined. It brings forth a new level of pain, one that we never knew existed. It can be difficult to wake up to a new day, and not think about the pain left behind by the suicide you ...
