My Journey to Hell: A Story of Love, Loss and Hope

Life is a journey but this was not the path that Geri expected to take. Suicide happens in a clients’ life or on the television, not up close and personal to someone in her family. She never expected the complete shutdown she now experiences whenever she sees a police squad car with lights shining and a siren blaring. She fights the vice like grip around her heart and she struggles to take a breath. Navigating through warning signs, expectations of leaving a child in a mental health hospital, emotional bombardment, and many other factors of dealing with a loved one who has attempted suicide can be overwhelming. Geri uses her first hand experience along with her counseling training to help others through the trauma of coping with a loved one’s attempted suicide. Her story of what she has experienced with her son will bring you to tears, but will also prepare you.