When You Don’t Trust Yourself Anymore: Guilt and Motherhood After Child Loss
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This episode explores the collapse of self-trust in grieving mothers after the loss of a child by suicide.
After child loss by suicide, many grieving mothers do not only miss their child — they also stop trusting themselves. In this episode of Down the Rabbit Hole, Melissa explores one of the most under-talked-about parts of long-term grief after the loss of a child by suicide: the collapse of self-trust. This is not only about early grief guilt. This episode looks at what can happen later, when guilt becomes woven into identity, motherhood, self-worth, and the way a grieving mother sees herself. ...
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