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Death or Loss of a Sibling



The death or loss of a sibling is a devastating loss regardless of age or manner of death. Siblings are formative in helping us learn how to deal with our emotions, problem-solve, and behave with others—and losing them can be an unfathomable event that seems impossible to heal from. The grief that an individual experiences when their sibling passes away can often be neglected or not understood to be as severe as the parents’ grief. However, the loss of a brother or sister during the teenage years is shown to impact an individual's future relationships and even career paths, and the loss at any age can shake up family dynamics for the long term. Whether sudden and unforeseen or prolonged and expected, losing a sibling can have a profound and long-lasting impact.

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Adults Grieving the Death of a Sibling

When a sibling dies, the world changes in a heartbeat. Oftentimes when such a loss occurs, others fail to recognize that the surviving sibling faces emotional battles on many fronts while working through the loss.

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Karen’s Story: How TCF Has Helped with the Loss of a Sibling

The Loss of a Sibling The Compassionate Friends, Queensland Inc. (TCF) is part of a world-wide non-profit organisation offering friendship, understanding, grief education and HOPE to families following the death of a son or daughter, brother or sister.

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Marrow: Love, Loss, and What Matters Most

The author of the New York Times bestseller Broken Open returns with a visceral and profound memoir of two sisters who, in the face of a bone marrow transplant—one the donor and one the recipient—begin a quest for acceptance, authenticity, and most of all, love.

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Death of a Brother or Sister Can Shorten the Lives of Surviving Siblings

Researchers say losing a sibling when you’re a child can have a serious, long-term impact on your health.

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Episode 90: Sibling Death; Unacknowledged Loss with Elizabeth Devita-Raeburn and Jim Giaccone

Sibling Death! Unacknowledged Grief! Join Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley in exploring with Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn and Jim Giaccone, sibling loss.

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The Forgotten Mourners: Sibling Survivors of Suicide

This book is meant for anyone who has lost a brother or sister to suicide - and those who want to support them. Any loss is difficult, but a loss to suicide is heightened because of the helplessness and confusion surrounding it.

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When Children Lose Siblings, They Face an Increased Risk of Death

Of all the possible tragedies of childhood, losing a sister or brother to early death is almost too awful to contemplate. Yet it is startlingly common.

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Sibling Loss from the Sister of an Addict || Response to Dear Evan Hansen

Sibling loss is a hard thing to swallow and so is being the sibling of an addict. Losing a sibling to addiction changed my life in so many ways. I have thought so many times about sharing some of that part of my story on here, but I would always let something stop me.

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Do They Have Bad Days in Heaven? Surviving the Suicide Loss of a Sibling

Do They Have Bad Days in Heaven? Surviving the Suicide Loss of a Sibling is the first comprehensive resource for sibling suicide survivors.

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The Death of a Sibling: ‘It Makes No Sense and Never Will’

When the poet Joanne Limburg’s brother killed himself, she simply couldn’t accept it. Christina Patterson, whose sister also suddenly died, finds out how she coped

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