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When friend groups fracture after suicide loss and collective depression

Our friend group hasn't been the same since Jake died by suicide last year — we all blame ourselves in different ways and some of us have sunk into this heavy depression together while others have pulled away completely, and I don't know if trying to reconnect will help or just make everyone feel worse.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A community torn between shared depression and protective isolation, uncertain whether healing requires coming together or staying apart.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief and mental health — when grief becomes depression?”

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