My brother died by suicide six months ago and while my wife has been supportive, I can tell she's also relieved that the chaos and crisis calls have stopped, and I don't know how to talk about the fact that I feel relief too but also guilt about feeling it.
More people experience this than they realize.
Relief and grief are tangling together in ways that feel too complicated to admit, even to each other.
“Where Are You with Grief and relief — complex feelings after difficult deaths?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.