How badly would a woman whose husband committed suicide be affected, even if she was told by him that it was nothing that she did or didn't do to cause it...that it was all in his own head? Couldn't she just accept it for what it is?

this question is convoluted. how badly in the beginning...means she might committ suicide as well. and the end, she might be happy to be single again after living with a nut case.

My husband committed suicide about a year and a half ago. I have yet to get past the horrible feelings of grief, guilt, loneliness and a daily feeling that I would really rather be dead than be left alive like this. I believe a person has to struggle through these torments in their own head, just as the spouse struggled before the suicide was completed. It is very tragic and dangerous to the person who needs help, because there is no telling when the urge will become too great for them to stay alive another day. The funny thing is, I didn't really understand the compulsion to commit suicide until this happened, and it is truly horrible. I have very little reason to keep going, I try to find things to distract me, but it is slim pickings. I don't have enough support really and I keep telling myself my aging parents need me and would be devastated by my death, so I keep going somehow, but that doesn't mean I suffer immensely every day.

I think your question is too general to answer. As a previous answer said, it would probably depend on the specific woman as to how she would react.

I would say it would depend mostly upon the woman - guessing each would, could react differently. +5

No. She could and would not.

My husband committed suicide about a year and a half ago. I have yet to get past the horrible feelings of grief, guilt, loneliness and a daily feeling that I would really rather be dead than be left alive like this. I believe a person has to struggle through these torments in their own head, just as the spouse struggled before the suicide was completed. It is very tragic and dangerous to the person who needs help, because there is no telling when the urge will become too great for them to stay alive another day. The funny thing is, I didn't really understand the compulsion to commit suicide until this happened, and it is truly horrible. I have very little reason to keep going, I try to find things to distract me, but it is slim pickings. I don't have enough support really and I keep telling myself my aging parents need me and would be devastated by my death, so I keep going somehow, but that doesn't mean I suffer immensely every day.