It’s not uncommon for a parent to feel suicidal after the death of a child.
In fact, one third of the group of suicide loss survivors I facilitated struggled with thoughts of suicide. While all of my group had lost a child to suicide, it’s not uncommon for parents who’ve lost a child to any cause of death. It’s so hard and in some parents, it can bring on feelings of failure and loss so acute it triggers thoughts of suicide.
No matter how a child dies, there is a correlation to early death of parents whether it’s from an accident, disease … Read more...