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• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to suicide >> Lost a child >> Linda - Interview 35 >> Linda attended a SOBS conference in Birmingham. She said that it was wonderful and reassuring to talk to others who had been through a similar experie

In 2005 Linda’s 13 year old daughter took her own life. Linda and her family were shocked. Linda still feels devastated, but more in control, and is back at work. She has found help thought a psychologist and has attended a SOBS conference.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to suicide >> Lost a brother or sister >> Nina - Interview 11 >> The conferences run by SOBS were interesting, and Nina found them helpful, but she found an entire day talking about suicide exhausting.

In 1999, Nina was shocked to hear that her brother, Joe, was in intensive care. He was aged 16. He had been found unconscious, hanging from a tree. He died three days later. Nina has found most support from friends, family, counsellors and SOBS.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to suicide >> Lost a parent >> Ted - Interview 19 >> Years after Ted lost his father by suicide he attended a SOBS conference and a SOBS retreat. A chance discussion helped him remember that he and his f

Ted was 12 years old when his father took his own life by hanging. Ted’s family found it hard to talk about it and Ted lacked information. He felt intense grief during that first year. Ted has found help by researching his father’s life and through SOBS.

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• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to suicide >> Self-help groups, conferences and helplines >> Self-help groups, conferences and helplines

Self-help groups, conferences and helplines