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When someone you love is chronically suicidal

My husband has been suicidal on and off for three years and I find myself planning for his death while also fighting to keep him alive.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Loving someone who wants to die requires holding both hope and preparation, exhausting the heart with contradictory demands.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.