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Those left behind among the left behind – between life and suicide of a loved one
 
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Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Filozoficzny, Instytut Psychologii
 
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Submission date: 2025-03-12
 
 
Final revision date: 2025-06-26
 
 
Acceptance date: 2025-07-20
 
 
Publication date: 2026-01-26
 
 
Psychoter 2025;2014(3):53-64
 
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The article continues the reflections initiated in the text Those Left Behind – Between the Universal and Exceptional Experience of a Loved One’s Suicide. This part focuses on an in-depth analysis of the traces left by the experience of a loved one’s suicide, highlighting the diversity of their expression and the idiomatic nature of their meanings. By recalling circumstances surrounding the loss—such as the relationship with the deceased (kinship, partnership, acquaintance), the nature of the suicidal death (including its tragic character and the brutality of the method), and whether it was anticipated or unexpected—we emphasize the idiomatic quality of the traces imprinted on the lives of those left behind. The reconstruction of attitudes toward a loved one’s suicidal death, begun in the first part, becomes here a prelude to their deconstruction. Beneath what is seen as a common and shared experience, we seek the idiomatic elements; those that appear but remain hidden, concealed, incommunicable, and perhaps impossible to share with others. In this second part, we stress the importance of including both visible and hidden aspects in studying the experience of those left behind—that is, the idiomatic nature of a life that, despite apparent repetition, is full of unique, more or less manifest experiences. Recognizing the singular character of these traces is crucial for anyone aiming to offer support to those affected by such a loss.
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