Suicide

April 20, 2019

Erica and Sharon have an honest conversation about suicide. Erica discusses if she ever considered suicide as an option following her losses. When someone dies by suicide there is often a stigma about the circumstances by which they died.  Often, the surviving loved ones of someone who has died by suicide are left feeling abandoned, responsible and in pain.     

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