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PART 5

Coping with a Loved
One’s Suicide

There is no right answer for how you should be feeling following the suicide of someone close to you. Grief is complex, and it’s rare that any two people will experience it in the same way. Just know that whatever you’re feeling is okay.
Your Feelings Are Valid

Some of the most common emotions people report feeling when coping with a loved one’s suicide include:

  • Shock
  • Severe Depression
  • Anger
  • Relief
  • Guilt

Shock

Especially in the early aftermath, it’s common for people to feel numb, disconnected and distracted. This shock may last for a long time.

You may feel a sense of detachment from reality until you are better able to process what happened.

Severe Depression

Depression following a traumatic loss can be almost identical to the symptoms of clinical depression.
There may be a lack of energy and motivation, difficulty sleeping, loss of appetite and overwhelming sadness.
This may ease with time, but in some cases it can mark the onset of an ongoing depressive disorder.

Anger

Our brains often try to find someone to blame to protect us from the impact of a loss.

You may be angry at yourself or another loved one for not noticing or acting sooner, or at whatever systems you believe failed the victim.
You may even feel angry at the deceased person for abandoning you or for upending your life with their decision.

Relief

If the suicide took place after a long and difficult struggle with mental or chronic physical illness, you may feel a sense of relief that it’s over.

You may begin to feel like you’re a bad person for feeling this way, but it’s more common than you think.

This can easily cycle into guilt.
You may begin to convince yourself that you secretly wanted the victim gone.
Feelings of selfishness can also creep in for your relief over not having to care for them anymore.
Human relationships are complicated, as is grief, so try to remember that you are not the first person to ever feel this way.
Relief does not mean that you are happy they’re gone, just that you wish something could have been different while they were still around.

Guilt

Loss can often feel senseless, and so you may fall into a cycle of “if only” to find reason for what happened.
Guilt can also result from any other emotion you may find yourself feeling:
Guilt about being detached when people are relying on you.
Guilt over feeling angry.
Guilt about any moments of happiness you manage to have in the midst of your grief.
Speak Up
Finding solidarity in the way that you are grieving can make the process feel a lot less lonely.
You may primarily experience one of these feelings, all of them, or something entirely different.
However your grief is manifesting, there is no wrong way to feel at a time like this. More importantly, you are likely not the only one feeling this way.
People tend to mask when they are feeling something they believe to be inappropriate for the situation.
So, if you are feeling confusion, guilt, and/or anger at this tragedy, it’s likely another loved one is struggling with the same feelings.

It may be helpful to talk to others who are experiencing this loss with you.

Some may need more space to procees feelings on their own.
However, others benefit greatly from sharing their feelings and holding space for whatever emotions are brought to the table.

Confronting the Why

Survivors often end up dwelling on trying to understand why their loved one chose to end their life.
It’s very easy to get caught up in replaying the last interactions you had with a person before their suicide to dig out clues that might help make sense of it.
The truth of the matter is suicide is a complicated issue with no singular explanation for why it happens.
However, a framing that may help it to settle a little better in your mind is this:

At the end of all things, your loved one died of an illness.

Most, if not all, victims of suicide were suffering from an acute mental illness.
Mental illness causes the chemicals and neurotransmitters in the brain to malfunction in ways they are unable to control.
It was their illness that caused them to feel the compulsion to end their life.

A huge factor of mental illnesses like Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia and others are that they fundamentally distort a person’s perception.

In their book After Suicide Loss: Coping with Your Grief, Psychologists Bob Baugher and Jack Jordan explain:
“Medical research is also demonstrating that major psychiatric disorders involve changes in the functioning of the brain that can severely alter the thinking, mood, and behavior of someone suffering from the disorder…

The illness produces biological changes in the individual that create emotional and physical pain (depression, inability to take pleasure in things, hopelessness, etc.) which contribute to almost all suicides.”
Often, people who suffer with suicidal ideation don’t actually want to die.
Rather, they want the anguish or emptiness that their brain is inflicting on them to stop, and for some, death feels like the only way out.

It may feel like the only thing they can control in a situation that feels fully out of their control.

Mental illness is treatable just as any illness is treatable—but some people still succumb to their illness even with treatment, while others recover and go on to live a full life.
However, just as clarification, although mental illness is treatable–and many times very effectively, there is no cure for mental illness.

Your loved one did not choose to become ill, and they would not have chosen to end their life had their illness not been pushing them to do so.

You do not need to wonder why their friends and family were not enough to keep them around, or why they would want to give up on whatever promising future they may have had.
Illness does not have a sense of any of those things—and in the end, their illness is what ended their life.
Understanding this will not make the loss hurt any less, but it may help to reconcile some of the confusion so you can grieve a little more peacefully.

How to Talk About What Happened

An unfortunate inevitability following a suicide is that you will probably have to tell a lot of people the news about what happened.

If they were not close to the victim, then all they truly need to know is that the person died. People will be curious, but they are not owed your limited emotional energy.

Become comfortable with saying no.

Breaking the News

By this point you’ve likely already gone through the difficult process of informing immediate family members and friends.

It may also fall on you to inform employers, teachers and anyone out of the direct loop of what happened.

These can be emails if you are not feeling up to calling, and the messages can be direct and brief.
What may be more difficult to handle are conversations with members of your extended community.
In the aftermath of any premature death, people outside of the deceased person’s direct social circle will always want to know what happened.
Obituaries often leave out the cause of death, so there will be a lot of questions.
Approach these discussions however you need to.
Many survivors find it helpful to be straightforward with anyone who asks, but you aren’t obligated to be.

Do not feel as though you are being difficult or unpleasant if you need to tell someone you don’t want to discuss it.

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team for the job.

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An increase of moisture in your property is a key component of mold growth. Bio-One of Des Moines teams are equipped and prepared to remediate mold if it is discovered on a job site, such as:

  • Hoarding remediation
  • Urine and feces disinfection
  • Gross filth
  • Biohazard remediation

When an environment for mold growth has been created, it takes as little as 24 hours for mold to grow. It is important to act quickly to asses and fix the source of moisture.

About Mold Growth

Mold is a naturally occurring organism, it's present almost everywhere. The fungus can access your home through varying methods:

  • Doors
  • Windows
  • HVAC system

If not treated by professionals, mold growth can continue because it can be elusive. It needs to be removed and remaining areas must be treated for mold spores. Mold typically requires damp, warm environments. If actions are not properly taken, health risks may follow:

  • Respiratory complications
  • Skin irritation
  • Severe allergic reaction

These locations are not heavily trafficked and can be easily missed. Common areas to check are:

  • Attics and crawl spaces
  • Bathrooms
  • Under sinks
  • Washer/dryer hookups

Removal

Technicians at Bio-One of Des Moines are trained on mold removal. Our teams will quickly assess the microbial growth and remediate the impacted areas before further damage is caused.

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    Organic material and water are all that is needed for mold to grow. Mold spores are ubiquitous, so excess moisture in an indoor environment is usually the cause. Common causes of excess moisture include floods, plumbing leaks, and poor ventilation resulting in increased relative humidity levels. Addressing the source of moisture is the first step in the remediation process.

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