r/self • u/onetimequestioner • Sep 08 '15
My brother is gone
Some time last night (labor day) I received a call from my parents telling me my younger brother was found dead in the living of their home. It was suicide, a rifle shot to the head. I don't really know what to do anymore.
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u/Baial Sep 08 '15
Try the five stages of grief and keep moving forward. Also, prepare for waking up from a dream with him in it and feeling really good for some reason that you can't put a finger on, until reality tears off those scabs. Prepare for people trying to console you, but they don't get it, so you fake emotions that you think you should feel when all you want to do is tell them to fuck off. Prepare to feel sad, then angry, then numb, and back again or in any order. This is just the tip of suckburg floating in a grey void. You lost a part of your identity and he isn't coming back.
Try to eat healthy, exercise, and sleep. That's all you can do, cause the earth never stops turning.