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Tag: adult child suicide

Posted on March 23, 2021

Seven Steps to Surviving Suicide Loss

by Catherine Greenleaf Losing someone we love to suicide can be devastating. The combination of sudden loss, shame, and stigma can make the process of grief look like a long and lonely road. But there are things we can do for ourselves that will develop and increase our resilience, and make that road a little …

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Posted on March 18, 2021March 18, 2021

In Memory of My Daughter, Kaitlyn Nicole Elkins (child suicide)

by Rhonda Sellers Elkins On April 11, 2013, I got the most dreaded call that any parent could ever get. A call from the police in the town where my 23-year-old daughter, Kaitlyn was starting her third year of medical school at Wake Forest School of Medicine.  He said he had to talk with me …

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Posted on March 18, 2021March 24, 2021

Magical Thinking Does It Make Sense? (adult child suicide)

by Madeline Sharples Magical thinking is an ancient idea that if a person hopes for something enough or performs the right actions, an event can be averted or turned around. Though this kind of thinking made no sense to me, I couldn’t stop doing it in the first months and years after my son’s suicide …

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  • Alive Alone An organization for the education and charitable purposes to benefit bereaved parents, whose only child or all children are decease
  • Bereaved Parents of the USA Helping grieving parents and families rebuild their lives following the death of a child.
  • Infants Remember in Silence offering support, education and resources on the death of a child in early pregnancy or from stillbirth, premature birth, neo-natal death, birth defects
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  • Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Volunteer photographers in the United States and 25 countries will come to your hospital or hospice location and conduct a sensitive and private portrait session of your child.
  • The Compassionate Friends A self-help organization offering friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child.

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