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Zero Tolerance
When you have experienced a life changing event like suicide loss you may experience bursts of zero tolerance towards other peoples moans and groans - that is okay! Your empathy gauge isn’t broken, you are just processing your own experience and everyone understands suffering based on their own experience. Be patient with the people around you and know that someone else's pain or suffering doesn’t invalidate your loss or experience.
Zig-Zagging
Grief is not linear and you will find yourself zig-zagging through the motions. Life is full of twists and turns so try and go with the flow, it can be comforting knowing that your grief will change over the course of a day, month or year. No matter where you are on your grief journey, be sure to look back on the zig-zag that got you to where you are right now and be proud of yourself.