She Was My Best Friend, Now My Sister is Dead

About this episode

Dr. Marlon Rollins shares his personal experience with suicide loss and discusses the broader implications of mental health and healing.

What happens when the person trained to save lives loses someone they couldn’t save? In this episode of the Rollercoaster Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Marlon Rollins for one of the most powerful conversations we’ve ever had about suicide, grief, trauma, mental health, and healing. Dr. Rollins spent years working as a crisis director and mental health professional helping people through suicidal crises, until the unthinkable happened. His sister, Amber, took her own life, leaving behind a 13-year-old daughter who was the first person to find her. This conversation explores the devastating reality of suicide loss, survivor’s guilt, depression, addiction, firearms, trauma, parenting, social media, and why so many people suffer in silence. We also discuss suicide prevention, warning signs, purpose, connection, and the urgent mental health crisis impacting children, teens, veterans, nurses, and families around the world. If this episode moved you, please share it with someone who may need it. Key Moments: 0:00 The Call That Changed Everything 6:02 The Coroner Called Me Next 12:48 The Suicide Prevention Grant 18:40 His 13-Year-Old Niece Found Her 23:35 “Losing My Sister Was a Gift”…

People in this episode

Host: Tyler Hall

Guest: Dr. Marlon Rollins

Topics covered

• suicide
• grief
• mental health
• trauma
• healing
• survivor's guilt
• suicide prevention

Keywords

• suicide
• grief
• mental health
• trauma
• healing
• survivor's guilt
• depression
• addiction
• parenting
• social media

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