Surviving Suicide Grief

Suicide grief takes a unique toll on surviving family members and friends. You experience not only the grief and separation that mark every loss but also the sudden shock of your whole world changing.

You may find yourself engaged in endlessly reviewing the days, weeks and months prior to your loved one's death. Seeking the signs, wondering what you missed. You may engage in self blame, thinking if only you had taken a different set of actions or said something different, you could have altered her path.

Suicide grief combined with shock and guilt can be all consuming. Your quest becomes understanding why your loved one chose to take his own life. There is no more painful realization than the fact that your family member or friend chose death to end your relationship.

There is still a stigma associated with suicide. You may feel blamed by others. Intrusive questions can feel like accusations.They hurt deeply as you struggle with your own feelings.

Suicide grief can create silence. It may feel too painful to discuss even inside your own family. The unsupportive comments of people in your circle can also make you keep your silence. When you see the suffering of friends and family it can become harder to share your feelings as it just seems to magnify everyone's suffering.

Grief Recovery work is about voicing the unspoken. Your loved one's suicide abruptly ended your dialog. Each death leaves things unsaid and emotions unexpressed between you and the person who died.

Grief Recovery offers tools to restore your voice and help you cope with suicide grief.

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