The stigma of suicide in our culture today may likely keep you from feeling the freedom to reveal the cause of your loved one’s death, much less talk about how it happened.
What were they thinking? This is unimaginable! I cannot even begin to understand what he could have been thinking when he chose to take his life. Why would he do this?
The suicide of a loved one certainly is traumatic. It is an event of such intensity as to seriously wound a person’s sense of themselves, their value and worth, their world view, and their sense of safety in the world.
Most people who kill themselves actually lived better-than-average lives. Suicide rates are higher in nations with higher standards of living than in less prosperous nations.
Initially drawn together by the shock and pain of loss, couples can find themselves disconnecting as the grief journey progresses. The divorce rate is high for couples who experience the loss of a child. There are reasons for this and ways to address your grief so as not to lose your marriage relationship in the process. We all grieve differently…