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The Death of a Sibling Takes Emotional and Physical Tolls

2017

The death of a child is almost too awful to complicate. The emotional toll on those who remain is high, but the death of a sibling can also have long-term health consequences, including increased mortality. This episode was adapted from a column Aaron wrote for the Upshot.

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Sibling Suicide: An Avalanche on Life's Path

Sibling suicide threatens future potential, but doesn't have to destroy it.

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Leah Royden
2019
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When a Sibling Dies by Suicide

Samantha recounts the grief she experienced after losing her brother to suicide.

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Robert T Muller Ph.D.
2017
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Sibling Suicide Survivors: The "Forgotten Mourners"

Suicide-bereaved siblings suffer intensely. They also tend to suffer invisibly.

Article
Leah Royden
2019
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What It Feels Like to Lose a Sibling

Advice from grief and loss experts on how to cope with the death of a sibling.

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Legacy Staff
2017
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Losing Two Siblings to Suicide

I grew up with mental illness in my family. I was the youngest of four siblings — Joan, Victor, Barbara and I — in a Syrian Jewish household. When I was young, Victor and Joan both died by suicide. These losses had, and continue to have, a profound impact on my life.

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Albert Dabah
2019
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So Much I Want to Tell You: Letters to My Little Sister

From Internet sensation Anna Akana comes a candid and poignant collection of essays about love, loss, and chasing adulthood. In 2007, Anna Akana lost her teen sister, Kristina, to suicide.

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Anna Akana
2017
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Do They Have Bad Days in Heaven? Surviving the Suicide Loss of a Sibling

Do They Have Bad Days in Heaven? Surviving the Suicide Loss of a Sibling is the first comprehensive resource for sibling suicide survivors.

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Michelle Linn-Gust
2001
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The Forgotten Mourners: Sibling Survivors of Suicide

This book is meant for anyone who has lost a brother or sister to suicide - and those who want to support them. Any loss is difficult, but a loss to suicide is heightened because of the helplessness and confusion surrounding it.

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Magdaline DeSousa
2011
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A Complicated Burden

There was nothing Sandy Boucher could have done to prevent the tragedy. Yet decade after decade, she has carried the burden of guilt. This is a meditation on living with what cannot be undone.

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Sandy Boucher
2012
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