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When friends blame each other after failing to prevent a suicide

My best friend and I both feel responsible for not preventing our roommate's suicide, and instead of supporting each other, we keep getting into fights about what we should have done differently that night.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people are weaponizing their shared trauma against each other instead of recognizing their common helplessness.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Suicide loss — the particular grief?”

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