After a death by suicide

To lose someone to suicide is devastating. It’s a time of great sadness and despair. There will be many unanswered questions and often profound and long lasting impacts on close family/whanau/aiga/kainga and friends. 

The shock of someone taking their own life can leave you feeling many emotions. There’s no right or wrong way to grieve and it’s normal to feel angry, guilty, hurt, betrayed and have all sorts of emotions that you would rather not feel. Everyone responds and grieves differently.   

Here you’ll find information about supporting someone bereaved by a death from suicide and how to keep people safe and reduce the chance of others considering suicide as an option for themselves.