EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH FOR WIDOWS
Trigger warning: This blog discusses a widow's experience with her husband's death by suicide. This may be difficult for some readers or triggering to those with similar experiences. Please engage in self-care as you read this blog.
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and it has been since 2003. Unless you are in some way affected by suicide, it is just September. In June of 2020, I was affected; in a big way. On June 14, 2020 my husband of almost 38 years tragically died by suicide.
I am a medical professional, a Registered Nurse, and I saw some signs and symptoms over the years but I loved this person so much I overlooked them and made excuses for his behavior. I had encouraged him to get counselling for depression in the past but he angrily brushed my concerns away. He was in law enforcement and there were a million reasons that I could rationalize were the causes; lack of sleep, crazy long rotating shifts, compounded with all the str…
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