Survival, Hope, Healing… Then What?: Why Grief Changes Years After Child Loss by Suicide

Survival, Hope, Healing… Then What?: Why Grief Changes Years After Child Loss by Suicide

May 18, 2026 · 16 min · Season 9 · Episode 5

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Melissa discusses the often overlooked aspects of grief that emerge years after child loss and suicide loss.

What (actually) happens after survival? In this episode of Down the Rabbit Hole, Melissa speaks honestly about the part of grief few people prepare grieving mothers for — the “now what?” space that often emerges years after child loss and suicide loss. After the shock fades, the anniversaries pass, and the world seems to move forward, many mothers quietly find themselves facing something deeper: identity loss, self-trust collapse, nervous system exhaustion, and the complicated reality of lear...

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