SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE SUPPORT GROUP

Survivors of Suicide (SOS) is a support group open to anyone who has experienced the loss of a relative or a friend through suicide. We share the common trauma.

Survivors Of Suicide exists because surviving the death by suicide of a loved one, a family member, or a friend is different from a terminal illness, accidental causes, homicide, sudden illness, or natural causes.

Why is this so?

• We have deep feelings of abandonment, of guilt.

• We may have intense anger, and intense sadness.

• We may feel shame or embarrassment.

• We feel pain, we ache: we are grieving.

• We grieve not only for the person who died by suicide, we grieve for us, the survivors.

SOS can help you through your grief, your ache, your struggle to wholeness.

SOS: A Safe Place

Survivors need a safe place to explore their feelings of grief and anger, to raise questions and doubts.

Some survivors have attended an SOS meeting the day of the funeral. Others have come a few months after; some, a few years later. There is no timetable for grief.

• We will welcome you at any time. We are here when you are ready for us, and for as long as you need us.

• We will listen to you.

• We care about living, about loving.

• We care about you.

For more information about our Survivors of Suicide support group, call 630-482-9699 or email Stephanie.