Dealing With Guilt and Shame After a Suicide
Survivors of Suicide Loss Support Group - Madison, NJ
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Most survivors of suicide go through a series of thoughts about what they could have done, what they should have done or what they would have done about the suicide. It is often hard to blame our loved ones after their suicide so many people turn that blame inwards towards themselves. Many people struggle with guilt after a suicide. Some people also struggle with Shame after the suicide of a loved one because of old school thoughts about suicide.
Dealing with Suicide Guilt and Shame
Dealing with Suicide Guilt and Shame
- “You Can’t Do Everything”: Limitations in Helping a Suicidal Person
- Resource: Blog Posting
- “If Only”: Self-Blame After a Loved One’s Suicide
- Resource: Blog Posting
- “Shame Festers in Dark Places”: Keeping Suicide Secret
- Resource: Blog Posting
- Our View: Keeping suicide a secret adds to people’s suffering
- Resource: Article
- Suicide: the painful truth
- Resource: Article
- Summary: How do you tell children about suicide? When they are already bereaved, won't it make things worse by telling them what really happened? But if you don't tell them – that is, in your desire to protect them, you make something up – how will that work out later, when they find out the truth? When is the right time? How do you approach it? If you tell them too soon, it will blow their minds – but if you tell them too late, it will blow their trust. Meanwhile, the information sits inside you like a toxic leaden lump.
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