hurts;

for grief after suicide

You found this because someone you love died by suicide.

You don't need to be ready. You just need to be here.

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A place to go when it hurts

hurts; is a free app for people living with grief after suicide.

It won't fix what happened. It won't tell you how to grieve or when you should feel better. There's no programme to follow, no daily check-ins, no scores or streaks.

It's a place to go when the weight of it hits — at 2am, on a Tuesday afternoon, in the car park before work. Whenever you need it, it's here.

What you'll find

The app holds over a hundred pieces of content written specifically for suicide bereavement — not general grief, not "stages of loss," but the particular, isolating, complicated grief that follows a suicide.

You might start with the guilt — the replaying, the "what if I had," the conviction that you should have seen it coming. Or the anger that nobody warned you about. Or the question that drives everything: why did they do it?

There's content for the sleepless nights, when your mind won't stop and the house is too quiet. For the milestones you're dreading — the first birthday, the anniversary, the holiday seat that's empty. For the moment someone asks how they died and you don't know what to say.

There are guided exercises — writing, breathing, grounding — that you do at your own pace with no timer and no tracking. Companion pieces for when you don't want to do anything at all, you just want to know someone understands. And content that explains what's happening in your mind and body without talking down to you.

You choose where to start. You choose when to stop.

Who this is for

hurts; is for anyone living with grief after suicide — whether the loss was recent or years ago, whether it was a partner, parent, child, sibling, or friend.

It's for the person who's coping fine in public and falling apart in private. The person who's been told they should be "moving on" by now. The person who doesn't want to talk to anyone but needs something.

If that's you, this was built for you.

Built on what works

The content in hurts; draws on established approaches to grief and bereavement — meaning-making, continuing bonds, and the understanding that grief doesn't move in stages but shifts between confronting the loss and finding ways to keep going.

All content has been reviewed by a clinical professional with expertise in suicide-specific bereavement. hurts; is a self-help tool, not a substitute for professional support.

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Whenever you need it

Free. No account required to start. Works on your phone, tablet, or computer.

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Resources

You're not alone in this. Crisis support, books, and organisations for people bereaved by suicide.

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