Let's Talk About Suicide

Full Interview with Peter

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 00:45:51 +0000

In this extra of the Let’s Talk About Suicide podcast, you will hear about Peter’s experience with losing his partner, Des, to suicide. This is the full-length interview recorded with him.

Peter

Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia:

Qlife: 1800 184 527
Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
Lifeline: 13 11 14

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Full Interview with Lara

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 00:45:21 +0000

In this extra of the Let’s Talk About Suicide podcast, you will hear about Lara’s experience with losing her good friend, Ingrid, to suicide. This is the full-length interview recorded with her.

Lara

Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia:

Qlife: 1800 184 527
Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
Lifeline: 13 11 14

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Full Interview with Beau

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 00:45:08 +0000

In this extra of the Let’s Talk About Suicide podcast, you will hear about Beau’s experience with losing his partner, Geoff, to suicide. This is the full-length interview recorded with him.

Beau

Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia:

Qlife: 1800 184 527
Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
Lifeline: 13 11 14

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Full Interview with Alice

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 00:43:04 +0000

In this extra of the Let’s Talk About Suicide podcast, you will hear about Alice’s experience with losing her good friend, Ingrid, to suicide. This is the full-length interview recorded with her.

Alice

Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia:

Qlife: 1800 184 527
Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
Lifeline: 13 11 14

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Ep 14 – Remembering and Honouring Your Loved One

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:14:50 +0000

In this final episode we talk about how you can remember and honour your loved one. For some people this can be difficult because maybe your relationship with the person who died wasn’t the best at the time of death or maybe because of the last conversation you had with the person. It can also be difficult because of the stigma around suicide. But we need to remember that someone is more than just how they died.

You will also hear from the people we interviewed who lost a loved one to suicide, Alice, Peter, Beau, and Lara, about how they connect with and honour their loved ones.

Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia:

Qlife: 1800 184 527
Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
Lifeline: 13 11 14

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Ep 13 – The Funeral

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:13:50 +0000

In this episode we talk about the funeral, including some of the challenges you might face both in the planning and on the actual day.

The funeral is normally held within a few weeks of the death and it is still a very confusing and tumultuous time for everybody involved. There can be a lot of different expectations and some people might find that it is hard to truly celebrate the life of the person because of the issues surrounding the suicide. Having a funeral that is authentic to the memory of the person who died and even acknowledging the fact that the person died by suicide, although tough, might be more helpful for the community in grief. An alternative memorial service might also be what your community needs.

Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia:

Qlife: 1800 184 527
Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
Lifeline: 13 11 14

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Ep 12 – Supporting a Person Who Has Lost Someone to Suicide – Part 2

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:12:50 +0000

In this episode we talk more about how you can support a person who has lost someone to suicide. If you haven’t yet listened to the previous episode (Episode 11), you should go back and listen to that first, otherwise you’ll miss part one of this conversation.

If you are supporting a person who has lost someone to suicide, it can be helpful to understand more about suicide and how it is different from other causes of death and what that means for the person grieving.

Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia:

Qlife: 1800 184 527
Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
Lifeline: 13 11 14

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Ep 11 – Supporting a Person Who Has Lost Someone to Suicide – Part 1

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:11:50 +0000

In this episode and the next one we talk about how you can support a person who has lost someone to suicide. Many people have been touched by suicide so it is important to know how to give that support. If you have lost someone, you might identify with some of the helpful and not-so-helpful ways that people try to help. It is likely that you are also supporting other people during this time.

Just having the right words can be hard for some people, but there are some really simple things to say and do in this situation. It is important to be mindful of things that are not helpful to say, particularly around the “how” and the method. It is also important to be careful not to make judgements about the person who died. What you can do to really help someone who is grieving is to reach out and show that person you support them in an appropriate way.

Joe introduces the concept of the circle of support – the amount of support that you are able to give somebody depending on who you are supporting, your relationship to that person, and also your relationship with the person who died.

This discussion continues in the next episode.

Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia:

Qlife: 1800 184 527
Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
Lifeline: 13 11 14

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Ep 10 – The One Year Anniversary

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:10:50 +0000

This episode is all about the one year anniversary. When you are grieving any death, the one year anniversary can be a very upsetting time. But with a death by suicide there are other things that can also make it traumatic in different ways. Planning for the anniversary can help a lot and sometimes the anniversary itself is not as intense as the lead up. Talking to your community about what you are planning can be a good way to make sure you have support on and around the day, and if you are seeing a counsellor organising a few extra sessions is a good self-care strategy.

Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia:

Qlife: 1800 184 527
Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
Lifeline: 13 11 14

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Ep 09 – Preparing for Special Occasions

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:09:50 +0000

There are a lot of occasions that we celebrate in our lives, things like birthdays, wedding anniversaries, Christmas and other religious holidays. But when you’ve lost somebody to suicide, these events can be very hard. What was once was a celebration or happy occasion can be very sad and painful. How you remember your loved one who has died at these times may be different depending on where you are with your grief. But thinking about how you might include your loved one in these occasions and having realistic expectations for you and others around you might help a little.

Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia:

Qlife: 1800 184 527
Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
Lifeline: 13 11 14

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Ep 08 – Understanding Guilt

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:08:50 +0000

In this episode, we talk about guilt, that feeling that you are responsible or to blame for the suicide in some way. That there was something that you did or...

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Ep 07 – Dealing with Blame

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:07:50 +0000

In this episode, we talk about how to deal with blame. Sometimes people can blame someone else for a person’s death or attribute someone’s suicide to a particular life event...

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Ep 06 – Triggers

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:06:49 +0000

Triggers are a huge thing that people deal with when grieving a suicide death. Everybody we interviewed for this podcast talked about triggers, and you are probably hyper aware of...

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Ep 05 – Stigma and the Importance of Community

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:05:49 +0000

In this episode, we talk about the stigma associated with suicide. Stigma is a mark of shame that people project onto others that is misguided and born from a lack...

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Ep 04 – What You Might Experience When You Are Grieving a Suicide Death

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:04:49 +0000

This episode discusses what you might experience when you are grieving a suicide death. Not only in the initial period after the death, but the weeks, months, and indeed years...

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Ep 03 – Meet Our Courageous People With Lived Experience

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:03:37 +0000

Meet four people who have lost a loved one to suicide: Alice, Beau, Lara, and Peter. It takes a lot of courage to share such a personal experience and to...

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Ep 02 – How Long Will I Grieve For?

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:02:34 +0000

In this episode, our experts are asked that question that you have probably asked or at least thought about: how long will I grieve for? As you might expect, the...

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Ep 01 – Talking About Suicide

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 19:01:50 +0000

Many people are affected by suicide and you may have experienced the suicide of a loved one – a partner, a sibling, a parent, or a friend. It can be...

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Let’s Talk About Suicide – Trailer – Launching 30 October 2019

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 22:27:20 +0000

This is a short sample of the Let’s Talk About Suicide podcast. You will be able to download all 14 episodes in the series from 30 October, 2019. Many people...

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