| A person ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, DIED BY SUICIDE, or KILLED THEMSELVES. |
A person COMMITTED SUICIDE. |
Commit connotes a legal implication and harkens back to the days when suicide was illegal. |
| They are a SUICIDE ATTEMPT SURVIVOR. |
They had a FAILED suicide attempt |
They also have LIVED EXPERIENCE. |
| A person COMPLETED SUICIDE when they die by suicide. |
It was a successful SUCCESSFUL SUICIDE. |
There's nothing positive about a person ending their life prematurely. |
| A person who has someone they care about die by suicide is a SUICIDE LOSS SURVIVOR. |
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Loss survivors describe this loss as a most complicated grief. |