Surviving After Child Suicide (SACS) is a supportive resource for families who suffered the tragic and indescribable loss of a child to suicide. SACS was created by Swindon-based Freelance Writer, Jan Andersen, who lost her 20-year-old son to suicide on 1 November 2002.
This site is also for parents to find the help that they need if are worried about their children’s mental health, in addition to providing resources for depressed youngsters and teens with problems that they feel unable to discuss with their parents or teachers.
SACS is affiliated to Child Suicide, a non-profit site for providing comfort and support to families grieving the loss of a child, grandchild or sibling to suicide.
The suicide of a loved one throws bereaved families into a wilderness of silent, relentless torture. There is so much stigma and lack of understanding surrounding mental illness and suicide that in addition to their intense grief, families have to handle the prejudice and unqualified opinions of others who do not truly understand. Far from being the act of cowardice, it takes a lot of courage to sacrifice your life and some depression sufferers do so because they feel that they will be relieving their families of an emotional burden.
Before someone thinks about making a harsh judgement against someone who has ended their life, they should consider the poor schoolchild who has been bullied to the extent that he or she simply cannot take it anymore and sees suicide as the only solution. |
