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freefall my deepest symapathy to you. i lost a child years ago and that hurt tremendously, both because of my own trauma and that of my wife. we worked very hard at overcoming that grief, through intensive work in groups and individual therapy. I think we have overcome the grief of that death. i think you really have to confront your loss. Attend as many group sessions, church prayer groups, therapy sessions etc as you can. write write write. draw pictures of it perhaps. let yourself go..cry and feel the pain. get a close friend to listen and listen. deal with it and it may become much less devastating for you. and you have to forgive yourself for any role you think you may have had in his death. i have doubts that bipolar depression would accentuate your grief...but i really don't know, not being very knowlegable I suffered another trauma some years prior to my daughter's death, which I never dealt with properly and when I dealt with her death i lost my reaction to the previous loss also. take care bob
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Dear FreeFall, Assuming you have done all of the usual things such as joining a support group and getting professional help I would say that it is probably due to your illness that you still feel as bad as you did nineteen years ago. Since you say you are bi-polar do you also have manic episodes? Those of us with depression tend to feel things more intensely due to our biological makeup that is for sure. Your experience was indeed a devastating one. Can you imagine how you would be if you were not depressed? Just a suggestion. Are there things you like to do or other things you like to think of.? It is time for a new identity...a healthier one. Perhaps you need different meds and/or a different therapist. Do NOT give up. You will get better if you keep trying! And also remember you are not alone. Keep writing. There is life after tragedy even if we can never forget. Depression and bi-polar disorder are curable at least to some degree and I think these have added to your grief for far too long.Trisha
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dear freefal - i'm so sorry you have experienced the incredibly painful suicide of your husband. my heart goes out to you. i'm sorry i don't know much about bipolar but i just wanted to send my love - it must be an awesomely hard thing to live with and i don't think grief like this entirely goes away but in some ways is the same 20 years later as the day it happened. you just have to learn ways to live with it. have you been to support groups for relatives of suicides? it is often so helpful to just be with people who know what it's like. you don't have to explain because everyone understands. love Bella x
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In 1986, my husband turned a shotgun on himself. On that day, in that moment, he not only took his life, but he destroyed mine forever. It's been almost 19 years since that happened, yet I still cry everytime I hear his name. I still feel the pain as if it were yesterday. Is this depression part of the bipolar? How do I ease the pain? I would think that the pain would subside over time, but yet it hasn't. Is my bipolar keeping me from easing the pain and causing me to hold on to the past? What do I do? Any advise? I welcome any and all thoughts, comments and advise.

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