Quindecim

• They chose to end their life
  
• Rejection
  
• Abandonment
  
• Isolation
  
• Embarrassment
  
• Stigma
  
• Frustration
  
• Added responsibility
  
• Forced to face difficult reality
  
• Adjustment to living alone
  
• Confusion
  
• Guilt
  
• Anger
  
• Depression
  
• Anxiety attacks
  
• Post-traumatic stress
  
• Finding the body
  
• Not being able to see the body
  
• Disbelief
  
• Flashbacks
  
• Horror
  
• Lost dreams
  
• Unanswered questions (WHY?)
  
• Method of suicide
  
• Others' expectations
  
• Healing too slowly
  
• Healing too fast
  
• Fear of losing others
  
• Suicidal thoughts
  
• Physical ailments
  
• No one wants to hear about suicide
  
• Wounds from family history
  
• Wounds from the relationship
  
• Anniversary dates

• Choose to survive a day at a time
  
• Take responsibility for yourself
  
• Take care of yourself
  
• Let others take care of you
  
• Ask for what you need and want
  
• Make decisions as a family
  
• Get a survival plan
  
• Give yourself time
  
• Talk about the suicide
  
• Talk about the victim
  
• Write about the suicide
  
• Write letters to the victim
  
• Read about suicide
  
• Read about personal growth
  
• Read about the grieving process
  
• Give yourself permission to grieve
  
• Exercise
  
• Take a walk
  
• Take a trip
  
• Feel all of your feelings
  
• Find safe friends
  
• Talk about your feelings
  
• Take some risks
  
• Learn to trust
  
• Join a survivors support group
  
• Talk to a counselor
  
• Consider medication if prescribed
  
• Heal some historical wounds
  
• Face reality
  
• Serenely accept what you can't change
  
• Courageously change what you can
  
• Ask for wisdom to know the difference

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