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When people reduce your deceased child to their cause of death online

My son died by suicide and people keep posting mental health awareness content on his Facebook page and I just want them to remember him as more than his illness.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Public memorialization can flatten complex lives into single narratives that families find incomplete or harmful.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Digital legacy — your online presence after death?”

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