Bereavement - Teens Support Group

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My Friend Committed Suicide

caya1
caya1

If anyone can relate to this at all, please reach out to me. I'm having a hard time dealing with the loss of my good friend. I know deep down in my heart he didn't mean what he did. It was an impulsive mistake, and once it was put into action he couldn't stop it. I wish he didn't do it, but when the mom described the scene to me, I saw it in detail as if I was there and saw what she saw. It's giving me daymares and preventing me from sleeping and closing my eyes. I haven't slept for the past... almost 48 hours now. I'm scared of seeing his body... hanging... or in a coffin, as the funeral was 2 days ago.



Please tell me how you cope if you've been through this.

MHx
MHx
Hi caya, I know it has been a while since you posted this and I hope that you are now doing better. The most raw emotions come right as they pass, but the truth is it never really goes away. Over a year has gone since my best friend took his own life and I still think about it all the time. I've sent you a friend request, if you ever want to talk to someone who understands I'm here.
caya1
caya1
Yes. It is very hard. It still is. It's almost been 2 months and I keep getting triggered by anything with a noose or suicide.
catsanddogs123
catsanddogs123
I completely understand. When I go to school I have a hard time concentrating on my work my mind starts to drift back to my family member who committed suicide 2 months almost 3 months. If you need to talk I am here. Any advice would be great to help me with unwanted thoughts.
catsanddogs123
catsanddogs123
believe me i also and still do blame myself but now I realize that is isn't going to help so what I am going to ask from is that you take one day at a time and anytime you start to think it was your fault tell yourself it wasn't and that sometimes you just don't know until it is too late.

my family also told me all of the details and I could not sleep for I think it was about a week but if you do what I told you to do I think that would really help you. reach out to me if you still want to talk. I lost my family member that I call my closest friend ever 2 months almost 3 months it will be 3 months on the 8th.


I want the suicide rate to go down and the only way we can do that is if we are a group and we reach out if we need to and if we listen and we help those around us who need us to listen to them.

How have you been handling this? Has anyone found a way to make it easier to handle especially during suicide awareness month(September). For me it has been a roller coaster stuck at the bottom and there is no way to the top.

Sorry for the grammar errors I was crying as I wrote this.