Continuidad de vínculos y significado del duelo por suicidio tras el paso del tiempoa propósito de un caso

Abstract

According to WHO estimates, 703 000 people die by suicide every year. In Spain, the last data from INE, 4003 deaths by suicide were registered in 2021. Shneidman in 1969 established that for every death by suicide there were 6 people affected. These people are known as survivors. It is intended to identify manifestations or mournining, as well as the presence of continuing bonds with the deceased person observe how the meaning of death changes in the survivor narrative. Through a case study, after the transcription of a semi-structured interview, three categories were generated: grief process, continuing bonds, and search of meaning. It was posible to verify how a discourse is elaborated that points toard the continuing bonds with the deceased and trasnforms the felt story.