Offering hope, comfort and support for survivors of suicide loss.
When facing the loss of a loved one to suicide, I’ve observed two camps of survivors – those who want to try and understand every detail surrounding the final act, and those who never want to know those details. I happen to fall into the former category.
In the hours following my dad’s death, I became desperate for answers. He never clued us in that anything was wrong or that suicide was something he’d ever entertained. What I knew right away ...
In the past, I wrote this blog post about the Stages of Grief and how guilt impacted our ability to move through each stage successfully. Recent conversation with a family member after the loss of Blackhawk's assistant equipment manager, Clint Reif, motivated me to revisit the topic of guilt after suicide as many questioned, "How did his family not know?"
If you are a survivor, you have likely become very familiar with guilt after suicide. ...
After losing a loved one to suicide, survivors often embark on a journey that one never imagined. What often makes the grief journey so difficult is the unexpectedness of it all. The death of our loved one often catches of guard. In an instant our somewhat predictable life becomes one that is often unrecognizable. Although our blog is devoted to loss by suicide, we wanted to share a blog post by, Clare Saumell, a woman who unexpectedly lost ...
It is amazing to me how much grief changes you. After losing my dad to suicide, I never really thought about how future deaths would impact me. My father's suicide instilled this unequivocal fear that others would die tragically. How could I not have that fear? It happened once before, maybe it will happen again. Much time and energy has been directed to this fear yet little has been directed to how I would cope if tragedy struck again. So ...
I came across a great article, 7 Mental Health Resolutions for 2015, in Time Magazine that highlights the importance of caring for our mental health. When I sat and thought about it, I couldn't think of a single person who had set a New Years resolution pertaining to their mental health. Or maybe people do, and just don't talk about it out of fear of judgement. We focus so much time and attention on our outer self, why not our inner? In my ...
