Episode take-away: The value of finding a vehicle to process our grief journey through suicide and why writing might be a good way to process pain.

Heartbreakingly honest and deeply thought provoking. 

Only a few weeks after Victoria lost her younger brother Sean to suicide she asked to share her experience of loss with us.  Victoria felt really strongly that hearing about the early stages of grief is important, so anyone else going through a similar loss could find someone they could relate to.  Throughout the episode we also hear some excerpts from Victoria’s diary – read by an actor.   Her writing is a searching, honest, raw and painful sift through the mass of emotions that come with losing a loved one to suicide.  Questions of why Sean made the choice he did and whether she could have done anything to change his mind continue to spiral round and round and are reflected in her writing and thoughts.

We’re publishing this ep on 22nd September, one year on from Sean’s death, in memory of his loss.

Credits: Victoria’s diaries are read by Ali Ellam

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