In the aftermath of suicide, a long walk through a strange
country   Dealing with grief and suicide, not suffering in
silence (Photo: humblepiety)  When someone you love kills
themselves it is one of the most profoundly isolating
experiences of your life. It feels a bit like being airlifted
into a strange country and abandoned there. You can't read the
signposts. You can't tell where the roads go. When people speak
to you, you can hear them but you may not understand a word.  I
have walked through this strange country, thunderstruck. I have
known others who have. At the time I thought I had been pulled
outside of existence. But the truth is I had just joined it.
Because the experience of inexpressible grief is the most
profoundly human journey of our lives.  Grief is the absence of
love and the ferocity of it. Grief is the measure of lost love.
But first it feels like the world explodes. Until it happens
you'll have no idea what the shock is like. You'll feel like
you're standing in a giant crater with your