After losing a loved one to suicide, people often struggle with a frightening question: Who's next? These strategies could help support them through a painful, confusing time.
What kind of fear? The fear of what comes next, of what will never be again, of not having time to repair a relationship. And for many loss survivors, the most insidious fear of all: a lingering dread that we may be next.When someone close to us dies by suicide, the curtain of illusion between ourselves and the act is suddenly drawn wide open.
This is a topic that is rarely talked about when we explore the theme of suicide, but it’s a constant for many of us, loss survivors. And it’s an especially defiant aspect of the stigma I’ve dedicated my life to eliminate. I hope that if you know someone who has lost a loved one to suicide, some of the observations that follow will help you feel more prepared to support them.It’s a common belief that bringing up suicide may somehow encourage the person to take their life.
At the time, her words sounded to me like an isolated, understandable worry, one that actually gave me relief because it pushed my sister to engage in treatment. Interestingly, she doesn’t remember ever saying that to me, but she certainly recalls the fear.
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