Social media. Sure, it’s great. You might be reading this post as a result of social media. 
It keeps us connected, reunites loved ones, and gives us a platform to voice our opinions. Yet, there is a big problem with it. We make judgements about ourselves and our lives based on the content that appears in our newsfeed. We compare our inside to someone else’s outside. Why did we have to be the ones to lose someone? Why do they get to be so happy? Let me be the first to tell you, they aren’t. They have pain. They have problems. They just choose to share their outside with the world. Survivors of a suicide loss have more courage than anyone I know. They allow themselves to be vulnerable, often showing parts of themselves that would otherwise be hidden. We do this in an effort to connect. To find someone else who understands the type of pain we are feeling. We do this to offer hope to others who have lost a loved one to suicide. To educate the world about mental illness. Do me a favor. If you find yourself feeling down, don’t open up that newsfeed. If you do, remember….don’t compare your inside to someone else’s outside.
SO very true! Thank you so much for that reminder as we all head into a new week.
You couldn’t be anymore correct!
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What excellent advice. Thank you
Welcome to our site. We are so very sorry for your loss. We hope that our words will be of assistance to you on your grief journey!
Im not sure, if i belong here, my dads case was a homicide case, i believe my dad was murdered. Very complicated. Faulty investigation, my family endured 3yrs of investigation. They ruled suicide. However, they faulted on basic investigation, never tested the one in question, failed to test bac, and she was drunk, ran people off the road, had previously tried to shoot my dad and yet she got away. So, im stuck trying to convince myself that my dad committed suicide and yet still believing she did this… i dont know what to do…. this is complicated, i need help…. my dad never showwd signs of suicide, yet she showed signs of homicidal tendencies. Im lost…