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When families cope with suicide through silence

I am the only one in my family who talks about my brother's suicide and everyone else acts like he never existed and it is driving me crazy.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Shame can silence the very conversations that might heal, leaving family members isolated in their need to remember and process loss.

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