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Ep 14 - The Suicide Shroud: Dr. Alexis Tomarken on Silence, Blame, and Survival
In our society, we’re not good at openly talking about death. We’re even worse at speaking openly about death by suicide.
The silence that so often accompanies suicide–what our guest calls “the shroud of suicide”–creates additional burdens for surviving family members, especially women who survive their spouses. The expectation to shield others from the full weight of the death, to even erase the facts of the experience, is an enormous pressure that has long-term consequences across generations.
Today, we’re in conversation with our former classmate, Dr. Alexis Tomarken, talk about two of her…
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