My son died, how do I go on?

By Farzana Prior

This is a handbook for a parent looking at steps to recovering after the death of a child. One comment from a reader: "Poignant yet not burdensome. It is a spirited read exuding fragrance, a gentleness and is a soft uplifting hand to raise a parent as they watch their child euphorically fly towards the heavens" This book looks at the death of a child and a mothers coping mechanism. I wrote this book to help me understand what happened. It is a book that can comfort others who have lost family members in similar circumstances. It is also a book that can help people who havent lost a child to understand how to assist those who have.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Farzana Prior
• Release date: Jan 22, 2021
• ISBN: 9783985222612

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Prologue

My son committed suicide on Friday, February 28th 2020. He was 22 years and three months old. He suffered from depression and was treated by a psychologist and a psychiatrist. Yet! He still died. This was not his first attempt. He attempted when he was 16 years old. He was taking an antidepressant prescribed by a General Practitioner and after an argument with a girl at school, swallowed a toxic dose of paracetamol.

I arrived home, in the evening, after work to find that his behaviour was not normal. He hadn’t taken his antidepressant for 3 days. After asking him what was wrong he said that he had a headache and had taken a paracetamol. I went to check the blisters to find that they were all empty.

I questioned him about it and he showed me how many he had taken. It was a toxic dose. My husband and I drove him to hospital. Luckily, within half an hour of him taking the paracetamol, his body rejected the overdose and he began vomiting.

He spent the night at the hospital. Thankfully, his liver was not damaged.