osing a loved one to suicide can usher in a time full of confusing and painful emotions.

Kristin Mecklenburg, a psychologist with Ellie Mental Health in Grand Rapids, said the unusual complicated emotions that follow the death of a loved one can be more layered when the death is by suicide.

“Particularly with the stigma around mental illness and suicide, it may be difficult for survivors to talk about the death, to talk about their feelings,” Mecklenburg said.