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Suicide bereavement
Give yourself time to grieve and ask for help if you need it.
If someone you know or care for has died by suicide, it leaves a lot of unanswered questions and pain. You might feel grief, disbelief, in shock or denial, confusion, panic, anger, guilt or wanting to blame someone.
- It’s important to give yourself time to grieve and to ask for help if you need it.
- Think about why it happened but remember that you might have to live without knowing all the answers.
- You might feel overwhelmed by pain and sorrow, even to the point of suicidal thoughts. This is common and your feelings will calm with time. (If you are at risk of suicide or self harm, you should immediately contact your local doctor or go to the A&E department of the nearest hospital. The doctors and hospitals in your area will be listed in the Golden Pages: www.goldenpages.ie.)
- You might feel angry at the person, everybody else, God or yourself.
- Share your feelings with a friend who will listen and support you. Let yourself cry.
- Talk to friends, family, or one of the support organisations listed below, to help you get through the pain of a suicide.
Useful contact details:
Console Helpline FREEPHONE: 1800 201 890
Web: www.console.ie
Supports and helps people bereaved through suicide. The Helpline offers a confidential listening service for people bereaved through suicide. Console promotes positive mental health within the community in an effort to reduce the high number of attempted suicides and deaths through suicide.
Suicide bereavement support PHONE: 01-4553802
Map of suicide bereavement support groups nationally: www.nsbsn.org/groupdirectory.htm
Offer support, support groups and information to those bereaved by suicide.
Living Links PHONE: 087-9693021
Trained volunteers offer confidential, practical support and advice to families who have experienced a death by suicide in a number of counties.
Samaritans PHONE: 1850 609090
(Northern Ireland PHONE: 08457 909090)
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Web: www.samaritans.org
Samaritans provide confidential, non-judgemental support, 24 hours a day for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide.
