Suicide Grief

Healing After a Suicide Loss

Healing After A Suicide Loss is a guide to help those who have lost someone to suicide or for those who would like to know more on how to support those who have lost someone to suicide. The guide is available in electronic and print form.

Surviving After Suicide Monthly Support Group

Our monthly support group provides survivors with a powerful community that comes together to share, reflect on, and experience that complex grief that accompanies losing a loved one to death by suicide. It’s a safe, confidential space that looks to provide hope to survivors no matter where they are at in their journey.

Surviving After Suicide Class

Being a survivor of suicide loss is complex and can feel lonely; one can be left with unanswered questions and conflicting emotions. The Surviving After Suicide Class is a ten week education and support based class for adults that is designed to support survivors as they express and seek to understand the powerful grief they experience. Each class focuses on a unique aspect of survivor grief and is followed by a support session allowing members to share their stories.

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Survivor Resource Library

The Helpline Center has a Survivor Resource Library with books related to grief and suicide grief. They are available to be sent to you at no charge.

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The Suicide Survivor’s Bill of Rights

1 - I have the right to experience my own unique grief. No one else will grieve this death in exactly the same way I do. So, when I turn to others for help, I will not allow them to tell me what I should or should not be thinking, feeling, or doing.

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Coping with Parent Suicide

The death of a parent is both complicated and painful for children. A parent’s death by suicide increases the complexity of the situation even more. 

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How to Get Through Hard Days

On days that are hard, focus on what is most important, you. The long list of things that need to get done or people to contact can wait. You have to take care of yourself and prioritize your health and wellbeing. Somedays are about surviving and that is ok.

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On Grief

Grief is the reaction we have to loss. This can show up in many different ways. It is important to pay attention to those affects on our body, heart, and mind.

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Suicide Is Different

When a loved one dies by suicide there are often different reactions to someone who has died by other means.

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Suicide in the Workplace

Most people who die by suicide are of working age, thus the workplace can provide a good opportunity for suicide prevention efforts. Workplaces offer their employees social connections and a sense of purpose that may help to provide protective factors against suicide.

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Exploring the Truths about Suicide Grief

There are many misconceptions around suicide grief, what it is and what it isn't. Here are some 'Truths' from one survivor to another.