What is it about?
This article is a personal narrative of the suicide of a psychiatrist's husband in 2008. It is a powerful and intimate recounting of her thoughts, emotions, and behaviors from the day of her husband's death forward as she tries to cope with the shock, trauma, confusion, horror, and intense grief produced by this life-changing event. It also includes her thoughtful reflections on how this experience has changed her personal and her professional life and has led to a hard-won sense of meaning and acceptance.
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Why is it important?
Sharing lived experience deepens our personal and professional understanding of losing a loved one by suicide.
Perspectives
More than anything else, I hope this article deepens your understanding of the impact of suicide loss. Writing this piece was a meaningful part of my healing journey.
Diane Roston
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This page is a summary of: Surviving suicide: A psychiatrist’s journey, Death Studies, May 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2017.1335547.
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