Brenda - Interview 12  

Brenda - Interview 12

Age at Interview: 59
Sex: Female
Background: Brenda is a housewife and is married. She had 1 son who died. Ethnic background/nationality: White British.

Brief outline:In 2005 Brenda’s 21-year-old son sadly died in ICU. He had been depressed for some time and had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Now Brenda focuses as much as she can on remembering the good memories they all shared as a family.

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It helps to keep busy and have a purpose in life. Brenda does not talk about her son’s death too often: she says you can lose friends by repeating yourself.

 



I do feel to keep occupied, to have a purpose in life, you know, whatever it is. A hobby is very, very, it can be anything, you know, I mean it doesn’t have to be golf or tennis or swimming, I don’t mean anything like that, but just have an interest in life because it’s not doing anybody, yourself, or the person that you’ve lost any good by just sitting down and crying. And also you have to be careful when you’re talking to other people that you make the same mistake by keep bringing the subject up because in the end you can lose friends by keep repeating yourself all the time about the person you love. They know that you’ve lost somebody. They know how close you were. They know that.

 

You don’t want to be in this situation but you are, so to keep permanently reminding that person all the time that , you know, “I’ve lost somebody and what am I going to do? And how am I going to get through this? And how am I going to cope?” Is just no good, they don’t want to hear this, the average person. And I do truly believe you’ll get on in life better, you’ll meet more people if you can be more positive because, even though you do meet different people through your life that don’t know your tragedy, if you can just sort of skirt it and just tell them that’s what’s happened, they have a picture in their mind that you’ve had this person, you’ve loved them, you’ve lost them and by making another conversation with them you’ll have a better relationship with the people.

Bereavement due to suicide
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