Guide to Surviving Suicide.

Guides to surviving a suicidal stage in your life are almost available on every teen website…but what about surviving a close friend or family member committing suicide? Has anyone ever really covered that?
No…they haven't. No one sees the need for it, but really there is.
Here are some steps to help you survive a friend or family member after committing suicide, or maybe simply a death that happened naturally or by another cause that wasn't suicide.

Remember.

Some simple ways to help forget the death, but not forget the person is to relive good times you've had with the person in your memory. This method helps quite a bit but doesn't give you all the help you may need.

Avoid

Try and avoid things they may remind you of the person who has died straight after the death. Give it about a month, unless it's school you can't really help that. Once you feel that you're up to being reminded of the person in whatever way then you know that you're ready to face reality with being reminded of them.

School

If by chance you are getting hassled about that person's death do as much as you can to ignore it, and be sure to report it. Not so much to your teachers, try something a little higher such as a level co-ordinator, vice principal, or principal.
Try not to let what other people think about the death get to you. The person obviously means a lot to you if you're upset. They obviously didn't think much of the person if they're willing to disrespect the dead.

Talk

No matter what your problem is, you need to talk to people. You need to let everyone around you know how it's affecting you so they can understand. They need to know because you're obviously in a fragile state! Let them know so they don't pile you down with more problems to deal with!

Have fun

No matter who the person was, don't forget to have fun. They're intention was not to make you have no life! Don't forget to have fun… it's really important to have fun.

Never Forget

When you're older and remember back to these moments never forget how you felt. Your kids, or a friend may be going through this and if you can understand them you can help them. Everyone needs help for something, so it really does help if you can remember that you've been through it.

Written by: Luke (aka {{LuKe_14}})