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| Author | : Vonne Solis |
| Publisher | : Gatekeeper Press |
| Total Pages | : 234 |
| Release | : 2021-02-26 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 1662905009 |
When I first became bereaved in 2005, after the suicide of my daughter at age twenty-two, more than anything I wanted another bereaved parent to tell me exactly what I could expect from my grief. What would it be like? Would it ever end? Critically, how could I possibly live without my child? I was terrified. I had thousands of questions and no real answers. The future looked bleak. Fifteen years later, I am that parent I so desperately wanted to learn from. This book is to help newly bereaved parents who have lost their child to suicide navigate early grief and be aware of the issues that can complicate grief. The body of each chapter has been written as a personal letter to my daughter. In a raw and candid sharing, I recount the difficult emotions and issues that have challenged my efforts to fully heal from her suicide. The lessons learned at the end of each chapter are the result of the introspection that only time can give us. They are intended to help every parent reading this book find comfort and healing on their journey from all that I’ve learned looking back on my own. While all bereaved parents have thousands of questions related to the death of their child, suicide presents its own unique questions and challenges. Not knowing the reasons for their child’s death can create lasting suffering for grieving parents and complicate their grief. Time is bittersweet. The more it passes, the more it can challenge bereaved parents to accept the finality of their child’s death. It can also trap us in only surviving the trauma and pain we experience after our losing our child, rather than being able to embrace truly living. But time also gives us the increasing courage and ability to reflect on our loss and pain, which is necessary to heal. I remain optimistic that we can heal from what is perhaps the toughest loss for anyone to bear. This book comforts and encourages every bereaved parent to contemplate the difficulties that will challenge them in their grief. It also serves as a compass to guide them to the destination they want and that does await them when they believe and trust that they can and will find their way.
| Author | : Kevin Hines |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : PSYCHOLOGY |
| ISBN | : 9781442222403 |
This work is about the art of living mentally well. Told through the first-hand experience of mental health advocate, activist and speaker Kevin Hines (who has bipolar disorder), the story is an honest account of the struggle to live mentally well, and teach others how to do t...
| Author | : Nancy Jo Nelson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 149 |
| Release | : 2017-06-23 |
| Genre | : Bereavement |
| ISBN | : 9780997521047 |
There is no manual for survivors of suicide. No rules to help those left behind navigate their grief and anger. When Nancy Jo Nelson¿s husband disappeared, her entire life was upended. Her daughter was distraught. Her son, frightened and confused. And since she¿d recently asked for a divorce, her husband¿s family¿and the police¿were suspicious. There were no clues. No answers. No reasons she could grab hold of. Yes, he was an alcoholic, but he¿d been sober for years. Yes, he¿d been unhappy with the prospect of divorce, but they¿d made progress. They were going to be civilized about the whole thing. At lease that¿s what she told herself. Months later, when his remains were found in a nearby park, she realized she¿d been wrong. And that she and her children would have to being the life-long process of learning to survive suicide.
| Author | : Frank Page |
| Publisher | : B&H Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Bereavement |
| ISBN | : 9781433679100 |
A well-known religious leader writes about the spiritual truths and wise biblical practices he struggled to learn and put into action following his daughter's suicide, hoping it will help the church address the epidemic.
| Author | : Luciano Sabatini |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 126 |
| Release | : 2019-08-19 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781072467731 |
This is a memoir of my personal and professional experiences with grief. The story begins with my wife becoming sick with cancer at age 27. Her sickness and death was devastating and transformed my world. The first several chapters are about my personal grief journey. I was a middle school counselor when she died, and in dealing with her loss I embarked on a new career as a bereavement counselor. At first I was just a volunteer facilitating support groups for widowed men for the American Red Cross in a program called "First Step". I eventually did a my doctoral study on this program. When this program ended, I was invited to begin a bereavement program for St. Brigid parish in Westbury, NY. I facilitated support groups there for over three decades. Eventually, I started another bereavement program for St. Bernard's parish in Levittown, which features specialty groups for bereaved parents and survivors of suicide. Most of the book is about lessons I have learned from my clients about loss. In addition to support groups, I have seen clients privately for many years. My lessons on grief also include what I have learned from people who I trained to become support group facilitators, from students in my graduate course at Hofstra University, and from my work for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The book is has a broad perspective; it speaks about many different losses, i.e. death of a spouse, child, sibling, parents and complicated grief. It is unique in that most books on the topic are either personal accounts from well-known people, i.e. Option B by Sheryl Sandberg or professional works by experts in the field, i.e. Living Beyond Loss by Monica McGoldrick. This both combines both perspectives in an easy to follow writing style. It is written for grieving individuals and their caregivers. Since it is a memoir, I am the main character but I also speak about the many individuals who have influenced me in my work. People who have suffered unimaginable losses, and yet somehow managed to survive and lead meaningful lives. They have inspired me to write this book so others can benefit from their grief journey.
| Author | : Mary Van Haute |
| Publisher | : Charles C Thomas Publisher |
| Total Pages | : 137 |
| Release | : 2015-01-01 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 0398081352 |
This book takes an individual human approach to the problem of suicide in public safety occupations. As a researcher in suicide, coauthor John Violanti relies heavily upon statistics to make the case for prevention. These worthwhile statistics help to form the big picture, but one must keep in mind that these are just statistics and not people. With coauthor Mary Van Haute and her knowledge of the human condition and experience in interventions, she adds the human dimension by relating her stories of real people who worked in public safety occupations and their difficult and sometimes tragic consequences with near and completed suicide. Added to her expertise is her own life experience: she is a survivor of her brother’s death by suicide. For the reader, the book provides a detailed insight into the reality of suicide and how it tears into the very fiber of being human in an occupational culture that requires one to forget emotions, feelings, and at times compassion. Stigma and a myriad of misnomers silence the majority of suicide attempt survivors, robbing suicide prevention specialists of lifesaving knowledge and perspective. Here are the stories of people who have balanced the risk of being judged and misunderstood with the value of being a mentor and role model to others. They share their stories about living with mental illness, addiction, and suicide in the hopes that it will have a positive impact on the readers and ultimately save a life. It is also a look back at the beaten path of Van Haute’s own double road of grief—from a time of ignorance through years of hard-knocks education to a point of peaceful resolve, the trials and tasks facing a survivor of suicide loss are chronicled. Each chapter concludes with a case analysis of lessons learned from the story courageously shared. This book is an opportunity to see that there is life after lifelessness, hope after hopelessness and peace after restlessness.
| Author | : Nick LeDonne |
| Publisher | : Nick LeDonne |
| Total Pages | : 281 |
| Release | : 2020-08-15 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1735503304 |
A Powerful Story with a 16-Point 'Path to Hope' on Youth Suicide Prevention. Discover a one-of-a-kind mental health story of a young kid with a big dream, to become an animator. On his way he faces college dramas, hardship, loss, trauma, homelessness, and after a suicide attempt by hanging, finds his strength to Hang ON. A true story about falling into depression, surviving a suicide attempt, and how to fight your way out in pursuit of your dreams. The second half is a comprehensive guide from depression to happiness. The "Path to Hope" lessons are filled with relatable analogies and casual perspectives such as comparing negative emotions to broken trucks, suicide to stranger danger, and chronic depression to frozen pizza. It's an animated guide on depression, written by the happiest person to talk about it. Written and Lived by, Nick LeDonne. Artist, Animator, Professor, Suicide Prevention Speaker, and The Happiest Person to Talk About Depression.
| Author | : Judith Guest |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 1982-10-28 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780140065176 |
One of the great bestseller of our time: the novel that inspired Robert Redford’s Oscar-winning film starring Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore In Ordinary People, Judith Guest’s remarkable first novel, the Jarrets are a typical American family. Calvin is a determined, successful provider and Beth an organized, efficient wife. They had two sons, Conrad and Buck, but now they have one. In this memorable, moving novel, Judith Guest takes the reader into their lives to share their misunderstandings, pain, and ultimate healing. Ordinary People is an extraordinary novel about an "ordinary" family divided by pain, yet bound by their struggle to heal. "Admirable...touching...full of the anxiety, despair, and joy that is common to every human experience of suffering and growth." -The New York Times "Rejoice! A novel for all ages and all seasons." -The Washington Post Book World
| Author | : HJW Publications |
| Publisher | : HJW Publications |
| Total Pages | : 148 |
| Release | : 2003-05 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780976859024 |
Expecting the normal challenges of marriage and family and then being faced with the most unimaginable tragedy, Mary Scovel was forced into a surreal, yet unique and enlightening journey. Endorsed by best-selling author, Dr. Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D. "Surviving Suicide: A Journey to the Light Within" is the true story of a loving minister's family as they experienced the deterioration and eventual suicide of their two beloved sons, both of whom were diagnosed with schizophrenia. Charting their journey, Mary Scovel describes how she and her husband survived this unbearable double loss, searched her heart while embracing her dark night of the soul, kept her marriage intact in spite of the statistical odds, and emerged with peace of mind that made their recovery possible beyond the level of mere acceptance.
| Author | : Thomas Joiner |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 207 |
| Release | : 2009-07-01 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 0674970616 |
In the wake of a suicide, the most troubling questions are invariably the most difficult to answer: How could we have known? What could we have done? And always, unremittingly: Why? Written by a clinical psychologist whose own life has been touched by suicide, this book offers the clearest account ever given of why some people choose to die. Drawing on extensive clinical and epidemiological evidence, as well as personal experience, Thomas Joiner brings a comprehensive understanding to seemingly incomprehensible behavior. Among the many people who have considered, attempted, or died by suicide, he finds three factors that mark those most at risk of death: the feeling of being a burden on loved ones; the sense of isolation; and, chillingly, the learned ability to hurt oneself. Joiner tests his theory against diverse facts taken from clinical anecdotes, history, literature, popular culture, anthropology, epidemiology, genetics, and neurobiology--facts about suicide rates among men and women; white and African-American men; anorexics, athletes, prostitutes, and physicians; members of cults, sports fans, and citizens of nations in crisis. The result is the most coherent and persuasive explanation ever given of why and how people overcome life's strongest instinct, self-preservation. Joiner's is a work that makes sense of the bewildering array of statistics and stories surrounding suicidal behavior; at the same time, it offers insight, guidance, and essential information to clinicians, scientists, and health practitioners, and to anyone whose life has been affected by suicide.
