HORIZONS SUICIDE LOSS SUPPORT GROUPS
We warmly invite you to our safe space to find and offer hope and make connections with others who understand grief after loss to suicide. An informal space where people with lived experience can offer a beacon of light, hope and comfort to those more recently bereaved. This can make an incredible difference to the givers and the receivers and can help people know that they are not alone. Suitable for age 18+.
The Papamoa Horizons Support Group meets the second Tuesday of each month in the Tarahiki Room, Papamoa Community Centre, 15 Gravatt Road, Papamoa from 10am - 11:30am. NB: As of February 2024, the Horizons Tauranga group is on hold.
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Upcoming 2024 dates for Papamoa Horizons: 12 Mar, 9 Apr, 14 May, 11 Jun, 9 Jul, 13 Aug, 10 Sept, 8 Oct, 12 Nov, 10 Dec
Come and have a cup of tea /coffee and take the opportunity to:
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Talk with other people who have been bereaved by suicide.
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Offer a beacon of light, hope and comfort to those more recently bereaved.
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Share and speak freely.
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Bring some understanding to individual experiences of grief.
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Bring forth expectations that we and others may have that are not helpful in our grief, and how to manage these.
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Acknowledge and share what is helpful.
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Remember your loved one and talk about ways you might like them to continue in your life.
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Talk about grieving in your own unique way.
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Share ways of managing traumatic responses.
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Talk about other things you’d like to that are relevant to losing your loved one to suicide.
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Article from BOP Times "Survivors coping with the aftermath of suicide" Click here to read.
"We talk about them not because we are stuck or because we haven't moved on, but we talk about them because we are theirs, and they are ours, and no passage of time will ever change that."
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