The way I grew up was fast and furious. You live hard and die young. It’s ingrained in us from early on. But now, at age 55, I’m thinking how am I going to live when my only son died by suicide? ...
Posts by Category: Suicide Bereavement
Teen grief is real
“I’m going to move on.” Too often teens will tell adults these words after they lose a friend to suicide. But youths often hide their true emotions from others, and may find it difficult to ...
Apart and alone
Bob Stern was one of a kind. He was a man’s man. A free spirit and adventure seeker who enjoyed being different and more capable—in his estimation—than others. Bob was a calculated risk taker, ...
Most vulnerable
“A child can’t be depressed.” It’s what we adults told ourselves for years, when mood disorders and thoughts of suicide were shrouded in stigma and shame. Today we know better. We’ve heard about ...
Postvention support
Louisiana survivors of suicide loss reflect on how self-inflicted death inflicts torment on others EDITOR’S NOTE: These quotes are from survivors of suicide loss, some of whom participate ...
Judy Collins on loss
Dispersing stigma American folk singer Judy Collins is dispelling the stigma of suicide through song, speaking engagements and inscribing the story of her only son’s self-inflicted death. Her ...