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How does it feel to lose a parent to suicide? This is an experience Host Terra Lopez is familiar with. She lost her father in 2015. In this episode she searches for healing and meaning with two individuals who have also lost a parent to suicide. Exploring the emotional complexities, guilt and shame, coping mechanisms, and the fear of following in their parent’s footsteps, these conversations shed light on the complexities of grief that follows the loss of a parent to suicide.

Guests:

Mike Rafter

Xander Marquez

Local Resources: 

Suicide Prevention Crisis Line

Wellspace Health

National Resources: 

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention 

Friends for Survival 

Crisis Text Line 

National Suicide Prevention Hotline (988) 

Alliance of Hope

NAMI 

Articles: 

Real Convo Guide if Someone is Thinking About Suicide 

5 Steps to Help Someone Who is Suicidal 

Reach Out and Listen: How To Help Someone Who is Suicidal 

How To Help a Loved One Having Suicidal Thoughts 

How To Cope with a Parent’s Suicide 

Suicide Grief: Coping with a Loved One’s Suicide

This Is What It Feels Like on Instagram

How does it feel to lose a parent to suicide? This is an experience Host Terra Lopez is familiar with. She lost her father in 2015. In this episode she searches for healing and meaning with two individuals who have also lost a parent to suicide. Exploring the emotional complexities, guilt and shame, coping mechanisms, and the fear of following in their parent’s footsteps, these conversations shed light on the complexities of grief that follows the loss of a parent to suicide.
Guests:
Mike Rafter
Xander Marquez
Local Resources: 
<a href="https://dhs.saccounty.gov/BHS/Pages/Adult-Mental-Health/SP-Suicide-Prevention-Crisis-Hotline.aspx">Suicide Prevention Crisis Line</a>
<a href="https://www.wellspacehealth.org/services/behavioral-health-prevention/suicide-prevention">Wellspace Health</a>
National Resources: 
<a href="https://afsp.org/find-a-support-group/">American Foundation for Suicide Prevention </a>
<a href="https://friendsforsurvival.org/">Friends for Survival </a>
<a href="https://www.crisistextline.org/">Crisis Text Line </a>
<a href="https://988lifeline.org/talk-to-someone-now/">National Suicide Prevention Hotline (988) </a>
<a href="https://allianceofhope.org/find-support/find-a-support-group/">Alliance of Hope</a>
<a href="https://nami.org/Home">NAMI </a>
Articles: 
<a href="https://talkawaythedark.afsp.org/thinkingaboutsuicide/">Real Convo Guide if Someone is Thinking About Suicide </a>
<a href="https://www.bethe1to.com/bethe1to-steps-evidence/">5 Steps to Help Someone Who is Suicidal </a>
<a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/04/20/707686101/how-to-help-someone-at-risk-of-suicide">Reach Out and Listen: How To Help Someone Who is Suicidal </a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/well/mind/suicidal-thoughts-help.html">How To Help a Loved One Having Suicidal Thoughts </a>
<a href="https://www.joincake.com/blog/parent-committed-suicide/">How To Cope with a Parent’s Suicide </a>
<a href="https://www.helpguide.org/articles/grief/coping-with-a-loved-ones-suicide.htm">Suicide Grief: Coping with a Loved One’s Suicide</a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/tiwiflproject/">This Is What It Feels Like</a> on Instagram

What does it feel like to use a public bathroom as a trans person? What does it feel like to move forward in life after losing a parent to suicide? What does it feel like to make the decision to have an abortion? 

In a world that feels more divided than ever, put yourself in the shoes of everyday people at the center of issues often overlooked or politicized by society. Through intimate, unfiltered conversations, host Terra Lopez shows us how what we feel connects us all more than we might think. 

It’s not simple. It’s not black and white. This Is What It Feels Like.

What does it feel like to use a public bathroom as a trans person? What does it feel like to move forward in life after losing a parent to suicide? What does it feel like to make the decision to have an abortion? 
In a world that feels more divided than ever, put yourself in the shoes of everyday people at the center of issues often overlooked or politicized by society. Through intimate, unfiltered conversations, host Terra Lopez shows us how what we feel connects us all more than we might think. 
It’s not simple. It’s not black and white. This Is What It Feels Like.

This Is What It Feels Like

In a world that feels more divided than ever, put yourself in the shoes of everyday people at the center of issues often overlooked or politicized by society. It’s not simple. It’s not black and white. This Is What It Feels Like.

In a world that feels more divided than ever, put yourself in the shoes of everyday people at the center of issues often overlooked or politicized by society. It’s not simple. It’s not black and white. This Is What It Feels Like.