💌 A Letter to the Ones Who Are Hurting: Healing After Suicide, Grief, and Finding Hope Again

(In honor of a soul who couldn’t stay — and for all who are still trying to.)

I woke up this morning to a message that stopped my breath.A friend has passed away — he took his own life.

We weren’t deeply intertwined in the everyday ways that people often are, but there was a recognition b

etween us. Something real. Two weeks ago, he said something that made me reach out — I called, texted, tried — but he pulled away. And now, he’s gone.

It’s strange how grief hits you. Especially when it’s suicide. It’s a particular ache — a mixture of sadness, confusion, helplessness, and love that has nowhere to land. Because you knew they were in pain. You felt their spirit dimming. And still, you couldn’t reach them.

🌙 Living After Someone Dies by Suicide

Losing someone to suicide changes you. It opens a doorway to both heartbreak and awakening. You start questioning everything — what you could have said, what you missed, what they must have been feeling.

If you’ve lost someone in this way, please know this: You are not alone. You are not at fault. You are walking a sacred, difficult path of grief that countless others know — even if it feels like no one could possibly understand.

The truth is: many people who take their lives have been in unbearable emotional pain. Depression, trauma, financial pressure, loneliness — they can pile up until the mind believes there is no way out.

But there is always another way.

There is always help.

There is always hope.

If you’re reading this and you’re struggling, I need you to hear me: You are not your pain. You are not broken. You are needed in this world — even when you can’t see why yet.

Reach out — to a friend, a stranger, a hotline, a community. Just don’t go quiet.

Your story is still being written.

🕯 To Those Who Are Grieving

Grieving a suicide loss is unlike anything else. There’s love, guilt, confusion, and sometimes anger all braided together. You might feel like you’re standing between two worlds — one where they were still here, and one that feels less bright without them.

Let yourself feel it all. Grief is not something to “get over.” It’s something you learn to carry. It can break you open in ways that make you more compassionate, more awake, more alive.

And maybe, in their memory, you’ll speak louder about mental health. Maybe you’ll start checking in more often. Maybe you’ll become the safe place someone else needs.

This is how we heal — individually and collectively.

🌎 The Collective Pain We’re All Feeling

Let’s be honest: the world feels heavy right now. Cosmically, financially, politically — everything is shifting. People are exhausted, uncertain, disconnected. And when that pain has nowhere to go, it can become unbearable.

But this moment — this collective ache — is also an invitation. To slow down. To reconnect. To stop pretending we’re okay when we’re not. And to create a world where honesty, empathy, and emotional safety are the norm.

We are all part of the healing.

💞 To the Ones Still Hurting

If you’re in the darkness, I want to speak directly to you: I know what it feels like to not want to be here anymore. I know what it feels like to be buried under hopelessness and fear. But please — stay.

7 Years ago my whole world started to crash around me and my anger, self hate and "protection" was keeping me from beleiving this is just life, but I have found out by sticking around that is not truth.

You are not too broken to heal. You are not too lost to be found. You are not too late to begin again. There is light on the other side of this night.There are hands that will hold you, people who will walk beside you, and parts of your soul waiting to reawaken. You are loved, wanted, and worthy of life.

🌤 Living After the Storm

To my friend — I hope your soul has found peace. I hope you can finally feel the love that couldn’t reach you through the noise of pain. I’ll carry your light forward by being more present, more real, more willing to ask Are you okay? and mean it.

And to anyone reading this who’s struggling: you are not alone in this storm.

Your pain matters. Your voice matters. Your life matters.

Please — stay.The world still needs your story.

With love,

Sacora 🌹

🔗 Resources & Support

If you or someone you know is in crisis, please reach out.

You are never alone.

• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (U.S.) — Call or text 988

• Crisis Text Line — Text HOME to 741741

• If outside the U.S.: Find international hotlines at [findahelpline.com], [befrienders.org], or through your local mental health network.