Why attend a support group?
- Grief support groups educate and nurture. Attendance is not a sign of weakness.
- People bereaved by suicide are more at-risk of adverse grief reactions, mental health and, suicidal thoughts and self-harm so, they need additional support.
- Those bereaved by suicide experience more feelings of abandonment, rejection, shame, struggle with meaning-making and why questions, and less social support, so find solace in connecting with a support group.
- Suicide bereavement support groups are a powerful and constructive way for people to share their stories, to help themselves and each other.
- Research on HUGG groups indicates that bereavement support groups can be helpful in lowering grief reactions, fostering friendships, instilling hope and promotes normalisation of grief.
- Bereavement support groups provide ongoing help to participants in various ways, including:
- Normalising the grief journey.
- Listening and sharing personal experiences.
- Creating social networks and reducing feelings of isolation.
- Discovering personal strengths and building resilience.
- Learning about grief and bereavement
- HUGG support groups are places that provide the suicide bereaved opportunities for expressing their feelings and thoughts. Those bereaved can feel a need to relate to others with whom there is no need to “filter” what is said, because friends and family are tired of listening to the story and pain.
- Many bereaved need to tell their story over and over, which helps them to sense of their loss and to integrate their grief.
Suicide Bereavement Support
Groups Nationwide
Our aim is to offer at least one support group per county. Currently, we have the following support groups around the country:
Cavan, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Limerick, Louth, Monaghan, Waterford, Wicklow and Online (Virtual, Men and Parents).
Contact Details
Phone : (+353 1) 513 4048
Email : info@HUGG.ie
Site : www.HUGG.ie