Deadly Real

Mourning and Accompaniment after Suicide

Sabrina Müller

• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9781725273245
  9781725273252
• eBook ISBN:
  9781725273269
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion

What happens after a suicide? Ten years after the suicide of a close friend, Sabrina Muller writes about her personal mourning process in short blogs and in-depth analyses. She tells of her numbness after the bad news, of the unbearable moments, of her phases of grief. She tells of rage, her own life tiredness, disappointment, and loneliness. Where were friends, community, even the church, when she herself urgently needed support? Muller speaks openly about the very difficult issues but also about what got her through this difficult time and how she slowly found her way back into a changed life. She profitably combines expert knowledge with personalities and breaks the taboo of talking about suicide. This book is a signpost and helpful orientation--for survivors and for people in helping professions.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Taboo
• Who Takes Their Own Life?
• Suicide Prevention in Personal Relationships
• News of the Suicide
• One Last Look—Farewell to the Deceased
• Arranging the Funeral
• Internal Numbness
• Trapped in the Vicious Circle of Grief
• Grieving with Biblical Experiences
• The Lonely Paths of Grief
• Inner Life in the Mourning Process
• Follow-Up Care as Prevention
• Daily Life Is a Minefield
• Physical Activity as Grief Counselor
• Holidays as Particular Challenges
• Mourning as an Encounter with the Void
• Avoidance Behavior on the Path of Grief
• Supported Exposure and Restricted Areas
• Liberating Rage
• Barriers of Guilt
• A Gift from God on the Path of Grief
• Back to Life
• Help along the Path of Grief
• Deconstruction and Reconstruction
• Accepting and Integrating
• Sacred Objects and Sacred Moments
• Rituals and Reconciliation
• Finding the Words Again
• Suicide in Theology and Pastoral Care
• Theory of Grief
• Statistical Information
• Specialist Agencies and Support Services
• Afterword
• Bibliography