Find Support at Alliance of Hope. They provide information, consultations, and support to suicide loss survivors through their website and online community forum.
If you are having thoughts of suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. (Or 1-800-273-8255 (TALK). You can find a list of additional resources at SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources
Bury My Heart: Poems About Losing a Child to Suicide Bury My Heart: Poems About Losing a Child to Suicide reflects a decade of finding my way back after losing my son to suicide. These 19 poems reflect the deep sorrow, grief, and confusion left behind after losing a child to suicide. Bury My Heart:…
Download 3 Free Poems About Losing a Child to Suicide Suicide: 19 Poems to Beat Still My Heart Buy the Book of Poems Now available on Amazon Kindle: Suicide: 19 Poems to Beat Still My Heart by Beth Brown, Author of My Forever Son: Chronicling Grief, Hope, and Healing After Losing My Son to Suicide.…
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What to Say to Parents Who Lose a Child to Suicide ABOUT THIS POST: “What to Say to Parents Who Lose a Child to Suicide” provides valuable insights and recommendations for offering support to grieving parents. The personal experiences shared by the author create a heartfelt connection. The inclusion of quotes from experts and external…
Surviving the Suicide of Your Child: Support, Resources, Hope Summary and Introduction This post provides valuable information and resources for parents who have lost a child to suicide. It shares the author’s personal experience and offers suggestions for support and healing. This post provides important resources for those seeking support and healing after the loss…
A Grandparent’s Grief The Family Table I was with my mother when she purchased the sturdy, long, pine table. With two leaves, one for each end of the table, this table would be big enough for our small, close-knit family. My sister and her family, including her two children, plus my parents, plus room now…
Suicide Grief: Prolonged Grief Disorder? Suicide [grief] can be complicated by feelings of guilt, shame, responsibility, rejection, and stigmatization. National Library of Medicine, Grief interventions for people bereaved by suicide: A systematic review What Is Prolonged Grief Disorder? Known as complicated grief until 2022, the DSM-5 now defines complicated grief as Prolonged Grief Disorder. The…
Find Hope Here: Poems About Losing a Child to Suicide Download 3 Free Poems About Child Loss A Lullaby for My Son: As I Tuck You In Get the Book of Poems:
11 Years After Suicide Loss: I Still Want to Believe About This Poem Hope and Loss I Still Want to Believe is a poem that reflects on my grief and longing for my son who died by suicide. The poem captures my desire to believe in hope and the pain of carrying the darkness of…
Why Suicides Spike in Spring and Summer Cusp of Summer Spike There is a common belief that suicide occurs most often in the cold months, especially around Thanksgiving, Christmas and other winter holidays. This is actually a misconception, however, as suicide rates often increase during the spring and summer. Centerstone, How Summer Affects Suicide Rates…
Living in the Glare of My Son’s Suicide His narrative just started. Only a few chapters in. A promising start. Having left so much unsaid, unwritten. His chasm, your darkness. His absence, dark ache your heart. Beth Brown, Living in the Glare of My Son’s Suicide Listen to Your Narrative It isn’t wrong, this narrative…
Carrying Ache and Love in Suicide Loss Now, after all this time, Ache and Love walk together in my heart. Holding hands, one is never without the other, but ache and love have carried me—and carry me still. Beth Brown, My Forever Son Carrying Ache My life both imploded and exploded the day Dylan died.…
5 Ways Suicide Grief is Different A Note About This Blog I write that I might heal my grief over losing my only child, my 20-year-old son, to suicide June 25, 2012. The beautiful photographs of flowers, shrubs, and trees in bloom throughout the seasons are from my gardens. Gardening, taking photos, and writing poems,…
Suicide Changes Everything-Struggling to Survive Grief After the Loss of My Son Suicide Shatters Hearts Suicide changes everything. Immediately. Suddenly. Completely. Shattering everything. All is outside the natural order of the circle of life. And when a young person dies by suicide? When a young man or woman takes their life, all who knew them…
The Pain of Suicide: It’s Not About Wanting to Die, It’s About Wanting the Pain to Stop A Grief Like No Other In 2021, 48,183 people died by suicide in the United States. That is 1 death by suicide every 11 minutes. The suicide rate among males in 2021 was approximately four times higher than…
Surviving Suicide Grief: “Does the Pain Ever End?” The Pain Does Change “To those of you that still feel you aren’t even sure you want to be here and you can’t imagine ever being happy again. The pain does change, it softens. You will want to live again and be able to enjoylife again. It…
“How I Survived the Suicide of My Son: 15 Tips for Grieving Parents” Marcia Gelman Resnick wrote “How I Survived the Suicide of My Son: 15 Tips for Grieving Parents” in 2019, 20 years after losing her son to suicide. She shares her experience surviving the suicide of her son alongside 15 tips that may…
