

People who die by suicide may be trying to stop emotional pain inside themselves which is immense and as real as physical pain. Suicide is never the result of one thing only, but rather a combination of different things are involved, such as feelings, actions, circumstances and sometimes unwellness. It’s important to know a suicide death is no one’s fault. Suicidal thinking and behaviours are complex. Sometimes there may have been no clear warning signs and you may wonder what you missed. Sometimes there are warning signs before a suicide death happens, for example, the person may have talked about wanting to die, or may have experienced suicidal thoughts, feelings or behaviours. This is normal, and is part of trying to take the experience in and make sense of it.

You might feel a strong need to understand exactly what happened and why.
