Have you lost a family member or close friend to suicide?

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If you have who was it, what struggles have you had as far as coping with the loss goes, how did you deal with the struggle, and how are you now?

EDIT: Added close friend to the title of this post.

**This thread was edited on Mar 1st 2018 at 9:38:44pm
 
13900066:iFlip said:
Nope. Also, this seems like a very, very personal thing.
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If you lost someone to suicide you’d get that it is but isn’t. At least in my case it’s that way. It’s nice to talk about it with people that can relate. Bottling it up does more bad than good.
 
13900068:teamSESH said:
If you lost someone to suicide you’d get that it is but isn’t. At least in my case it’s that way. It’s nice to talk about it with people that can relate. Bottling it up does more bad than good.
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I didn't mean to be vague, but I stand by what I said.

What I mean is that we are all going to experience death eventually. In order to understand life you must also understand death. In order to understand success you must understand failures and mistakes. In order to understand forgiveness and love you must understand anger and resentment.

Don't waste your time wondering "why" or "how" or put blame on yourself or those surrounded by you. I'm not saying throw away all your feelings at all. Have a good cry whenever you need to and try to laugh as much as you can. But remember that we will all understand death when the time comes. And then just continue to be happy with life.

Sorry about your friend.

There's lesson in there somewhere
 
13900073:powderdrunkie said:
I didn't mean to be vague, but I stand by what I said.

What I mean is that we are all going to experience death eventually. In order to understand life you must also understand death. In order to understand success you must understand failures and mistakes. In order to understand forgiveness and love you must understand anger and resentment.

Don't waste your time wondering "why" or "how" or put blame on yourself or those surrounded by you. I'm not saying throw away all your feelings at all. Have a good cry whenever you need to and try to laugh as much as you can. But remember that we will all understand death when the time comes. And then just continue to be happy with life.

Sorry about your friend.

There's lesson in there somewhere
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I totally get where you are coming from and what you mean. I really appreciate the answer. Sometimes it's nice just to type something up and hear other people that you can relate to.
 
I've lost a lot of good people Ive known. Ill keep it simple but this year alone I had a really rough year and lost 5 good friends I had known really well. I wont go into details bout it but some were from drugs and others from suicide and then one from cancer. For a couple weeks im pissed thinking bout how could this happen. But the more I think I know that everything happens for a reason. Whether or not you believe in God or another life is beside the point. I feel like personally everything is meant to be and sometimes we grow the most when we lose what we love the most. The important part is to keep going and striving for what ever it may be.
 
13900127:SandyMctaint said:
I've lost a lot of good people Ive known. Ill keep it simple but this year alone I had a really rough year and lost 5 good friends I had known really well. I wont go into details bout it but some were from drugs and others from suicide and then one from cancer. For a couple weeks im pissed thinking bout how could this happen. But the more I think I know that everything happens for a reason. Whether or not you believe in God or another life is beside the point. I feel like personally everything is meant to be and sometimes we grow the most when we lose what we love the most. The important part is to keep going and striving for what ever it may be.
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Thank you for your response, the cancer one really would be hard for me. I've lost a few friends and family members from drugs and suicide and it might seem selfish but just knowing I'm not the only one makes me feel better. Just want you to know that your comment helped me out and that I'm sorry if my post brought back any demons. One love.
 
13900133:teamSESH said:
Thank you for your response, the cancer one really would be hard for me. I've lost a few friends and family members from drugs and suicide and it might seem selfish but just knowing I'm not the only one makes me feel better. Just want you to know that your comment helped me out and that I'm sorry if my post brought back any demons. One love.
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One Love Indeed
 
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