{"id":2373,"date":"2017-10-30T13:02:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T13:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/article\/someone-i-care-about-killed-themselves\/"},"modified":"2023-03-02T10:06:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T15:06:16","slug":"someone-i-care-about-killed-themselves","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/es\/content\/someone-i-care-about-killed-themselves\/","title":{"rendered":"Alguien a quien quer\u00eda se suicid\u00f3."},"content":{"rendered":"

Grieving over a loved one lost to suicide can be as complicated as it is devastating. It\u2019s hard enough to lose someone you love, but it\u2019s even harder to accept when there are so many unanswered questions.<\/p>\n

You may be experiencing a whole host of unfamiliar feelings including confusion, shock, guilt, or blame. Their death could have come as a shock because they didn\u2019t show any symptoms of a mental illness or warning signs of suicidal thinking. It may be shocking because they seemed fine in the days or hours leading up to their death. You might blame yourself for not seeing the warning signs and preventing it from happening. You may wonder why you weren\u2019t enough for them to want to live, but you should know that people who are thinking about suicide often can\u2019t see beyond the engulfing pain they feel in that moment. Their death is not a reflection of their relationship with you. You may feel angry at the person you lost, and it could feel like you left a lot of things unsaid or unsettled.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been there. When I lost someone I loved, the waves of unrelenting grief that washed over me felt unbearable. There were days that it didn\u2019t matter what anyone said, nothing could take the pain away. Some days I felt relieved, and then guilty for feeling the slightest bit better.<\/p>\n