Offering hope, comfort and support for survivors of suicide loss.
Celebrity suicides in the news can unearth mixed emotions for “everyday” survivors. As a huge fan of the late musician Chris Cornell, I’ve struggled with how to grieve or talk about his death. This is because I am dealing with it from two perspectives – one as the longtime fan who hangs on to memories of concerts and mourns the loss of his work yet to come – and second as someone who has lost a family member to suicide and knows and dreads the ...
For today's motivational Monday post, I wanted to try something a little different. I encourage all who read to answer one, two, or all questions below. You can write your answers in the comment section. Know that you aren't alone. Know that there is someone out there who not only understands, but feels the same way. ...
Innuendos are everywhere. Like most things in life, we become sensitive to innuendos after we personally experience the pain that they cause. I know in my past I have used phrases like, "I want to kill myself" or made a gun with my hand and put it against my head. I didn't think twice about how they would impact someone who had lost a loved one to suicide. To me, they were harmless. Then I lost my dad to suicide, and innuendos appeared ...
Five years ago (and for the entirety of my life before that point), I never would have thought that a loved one would die by suicide. I just didn’t think it would be in the realm of possibility, let alone for the head of our family. Since then, I have lived in a constant fear of losing someone suddenly again that way. Losing a loved one to suicide has left me with an unfortunate and somewhat debilitating paranoia I have to work very hard to ...
Whether it’s a suicide or another type of horrific tragedy, experiencing the public-facing death of a loved one in today’s online age is something I wish upon no one. It’s enough to experience the trauma and another to see complete strangers interjecting with their unwelcome opinions. This is something we didn’t face years ago and it can add an entirely new component to grief recovery.
I cringe when I see media reporting on suicides and ...
