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When suicide complicates grief with anger you're not supposed to feel

My brother committed suicide and people keep telling me he's in a better place but I'm furious that he chose to leave us and I can't say that out loud.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Self-inflicted death creates a unique grief that combines loss with betrayal, generating feelings that society considers inappropriate to express.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief and legacy — how the dead continue to live in us?”

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