Several people in my life have ended their own lives over the years, and I’ve learned quite a few things about grief. Grief is an emotional rollercoaster, and denial is definitely a symptom or a phase you go through when grieving.
It doesn’t matter how obvious a suicide is; it seems like there’s always at least one person who just refuses to accept it. „They were so happy last time we talked“ – that sort of stuff. I get it, sometimes it’s just so shocking to accept, and the guilt of possibly missing a sign is too much to handle.
My husband’s cousin insists that her husband was only cleaning his gun and that it went off; he never would have pulled the trigger, he was so happy all the time. My aunt told my mother when my cousin hung himself that she suspected his wife did it. A friend from high school shot himself, and some of our other friends refused to believe he was depressed when it was so obvious to the rest of us. My ex-boyfriend gave away most of his belongings before he died, but some of his close friends still believe the OD was an accident.
I think most people come around to it eventually, but some just continue to hold onto the idea that the person wasn’t responsible for it, I’m not sure of the exact psychology of it but I do know it’s really common.
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Someone posted somewhere about the suicide rates for menopausal women and while there’s no way I can say „she was menopausal and that caused her to become suicidal“ because man that would require a lot of information I’m not privy to BUT
The statistics do show that a woman of her age does have more risk factors because of menopause.
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Several people in my life have ended their own lives over the years, and I’ve learned quite a few things about grief. Grief is an emotional rollercoaster, and denial is definitely a symptom or a phase you go through when grieving.
It doesn’t matter how obvious a suicide is; it seems like there’s always at least one person who just refuses to accept it. „They were so happy last time we talked“ – that sort of stuff. I get it, sometimes it’s just so shocking to accept, and the guilt of possibly missing a sign is too much to handle.
My husband’s cousin insists that her husband was only cleaning his gun and that it went off; he never would have pulled the trigger, he was so happy all the time. My aunt told my mother when my cousin hung himself that she suspected his wife did it. A friend from high school shot himself, and some of our other friends refused to believe he was depressed when it was so obvious to the rest of us. My ex-boyfriend gave away most of his belongings before he died, but some of his close friends still believe the OD was an accident.
I think most people come around to it eventually, but some just continue to hold onto the idea that the person wasn’t responsible for it, I’m not sure of the exact psychology of it but I do know it’s really common.
Someone posted somewhere about the suicide rates for menopausal women and while there’s no way I can say „she was menopausal and that caused her to become suicidal“ because man that would require a lot of information I’m not privy to BUT
The statistics do show that a woman of her age does have more risk factors because of menopause.