So unexpected, so final – living with the suicide of someone close to you
What next for you and your Family?

 

Over a thousand people in Switzerland take their own lives every year. They leave behind family, friends, and a much wider circle of contacts. We are ourselves survivors. We have all lost people close to us to suicide and we have all felt left alone with our pain, our questions, our anxieties. We have been pushed to the limits of what we can endure. Thanks to the moral support and financial backing of a charitable foundation, we were able to launch this initiative to offer fellow survivors a way out of the darkness. We want to help you make sense of what you are going through and to point you in directions that will take you beyond the initial shock and enable you to say goodbye.

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Of our wider circle, we ask that you remain present in our lives, that you support us in whatever practical ways you can, and that you keep the lines open. Of professional support services, we ask that you understand the scale of our devastation, that you bear our pain with us, and that you help us develop ways of looking ahead to the future. The path of healing we have embarked on is a long and arduous one.