Effects of Parental Suicide on the Adolescent Survivors' Adult Lives

After her father's suicide Linda reported that she blamed herself for his death for a long time. She also thought that her father may well have killed her; before shooting himself he pointed the gun at Linda. Her younger brother shouted Daddy don't shoot her! Linda responded to her brother Just leave him alone. He is going to do what he wants to do anyway. Her father said I'll show you what I'll do! Then he shot himself in the head. Linda and her brother were shocked and speechless but neither cried. Linda constantly felt guilty. She confessed Nobody could have convinced me that it was not my fault. This memory was a low point in her life and it has stuck with her ever since the parental suicide. Linda explained in the first interview the subsequent suicides in her family.