Actor Todd Bridges discusses how to deal with the death of a loved one by suicide

Well, let's talk about grief a little bit and again, you're right. Everybody's journey is a little bit different Mm-hmm, but I think for most people it's important to realize that grief tends to isolate you but that doesn't help you No, yeah, I think the fact of the matter is I think if we deal with understanding that no one's gonna live forever Yeah, and people are gonna die if you understand that That maybe that was his time to go. Yeah, you know, and that's what that's what keeps me around I mean, I understand maybe that was his time to go but it didn't have to be that way But he took the other direction, you know, I think that in in most cases I really believe that we have ways out You know and because the reason why I believe that I've tried so many different ways like I've done so many things differently It didn't work and when I finally came to understanding now that when I just had come to acceptance that It's better for me. It's better for you. Yeah, and then it's better for people acceptance is the key to everything Yeah, when you can accept you have a problem when you can accept there's you need help Yeah, when you can accept that you can change, yeah, there's there's helping that Yeah, well, let me suggest that for most people grieving is an activity of thinking talking writing and crying Yes, if you can do those four activities chances are you're gonna grieve appropriate and the thing is you have to do it But people don't want to do that. No, they don't but but you know again, it's a choice Mm-hmm I can choose to get better or I can choose to wallow in my pain or I can choose to ignore it and stuff it And then hope it won't hurt me but grief always comes back to fight your death Yeah, so it's better to take it by the horns and make the decision I'm gonna work through this because no one's tough enough to ignore it. Yeah, exactly. I have to work on