I Survived, But I Don’t Know Who I Am: Identity After the Loss of a Child by Suicide
About this episode
The episode discusses the identity crisis faced by grieving mothers after the loss of a child by suicide.
What happens when you survive the earliest years of grief, but no longer recognize yourself? In this episode of Down the Rabbit Hole, Melissa explores the identity crisis many grieving mothers face after the loss of a child by suicide — especially once the earliest survival years begin to shift and the deeper “now what?” questions rise. This episode explores: why survival takes so much emotional, physical, and nervous system energywhy identity may not be accessible in early griefthe painful r...
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