Suicide Loss Survivor

NAMI Video - Suicidal Ideation: How Losing My Mom Affected Me Content Note: This video discusses suicide and suicidal ideation. NAMI Presenter Brittany Barrett discusses growing up with a mother with multiple mental health conditions who later lost her life to suicide. While moving through childhood and adulthood Brittany would be diagnosed with multiple mental health conditions herself and also experience suicidal ideations.

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - When a loved one has made an attempt when someone you love attempts to take their life, it can evoke a range of strong emotions. You may feel angry, sad, or afraid. You may feel as though you, yourself, have experienced a trauma. It is important that you seek support and take steps to care for yourself.

Dougy Center - Grief Resources for Teens support resources for teens who are grieving including: Now what? Tips for Grieving Teens, After a Death, and After a Suicide Death.

Dougy Center - Grief Resources for Young Adults support resources for young adults who are grieving including: Don't Be Surprised When… Tips for Young Adults, Grief Out Loud Podcast, and After a Suicide Death.

National Alliance For Children's Grief provides information on supporting children through grief, including a national database of in-person grief support programs, camps, and community resources.

National Alliance for Children's Grief - The Rights of a Student Who is Grieving offers a worksheet that gives the rights of a student who is grieving including: I have the right to grieve in my own way, I have the right to share or not share about my grief, and I have the right to give and get support from other students at my school.