Offer help by pointing people in mental health crisis towards professional resources

Death will always appear to be untimely for anyone who has lost someone no matter how predictable it seemed. It is a reality of life that we will never get used to, no matter how many times we have faced or dealt with loss.

Many of us tend to reason with ourselves as we experience loss, it is a natural coping strategy. We become desperate for answers, often looking for connections with our environment and those in it while submerged in grief. Loss is loss but when it is a result of suicide, it tend to feel — to those left behind, that is — as though they have failed personally.