{"id":44893,"date":"2025-11-13T12:49:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T17:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jedfoundation.org\/?p=44893"},"modified":"2025-11-18T09:54:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:54:28","slug":"surviving-suicide-loss-one-familys-journey-through-grief-and-their-sons-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jedfoundation.org\/surviving-suicide-loss-one-familys-journey-through-grief-and-their-sons-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Surviving Suicide Loss: One Family\u2019s Journey Through Grief and Their Son\u2019s Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44894\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44894\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44894 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jedfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jason-and-family-on-beach.jpg\" alt=\"The Bernstein family on the beach\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jedfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jason-and-family-on-beach.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/jedfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jason-and-family-on-beach-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jedfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jason-and-family-on-beach-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jedfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jason-and-family-on-beach-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jedfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jason-and-family-on-beach-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bernstein family at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Jason (age 12, back left) with his sister Jessica (age 10), sister Cayla (age 3), and parents Lauren and Brian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A couple of times a year, the Bernstein family gets together to watch Jason\u2019s old films.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe made over 100 home movies when he was younger. We love watching those,\u201d his father, Brian, says. \u201cThose were mostly happy times before he really started to spiral.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the very early ones, he\u2019s at home directing his sisters and their friends. In others, he\u2019s sitting at a piano, lost in improvisation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His later work during and just after his time at Chapman University is more polished, sometimes funny, sometimes dark. \u201cHis final piece on the piano hurts,\u201d Brian says. \u201cI just feel his pain when I listen to it, and the abrupt ending is haunting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jason died by suicide when he was 25 years old.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s been six years, and his family mostly talks about how funny and charming he could be. That\u2019s the version they hold closest \u2014 the kid whose imagination filled every room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was creative from the beginning. At 2, he was already fascinated by music, pretending to strum along with a bike pump or anything else he could find.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, despite his outward charm and humor, Jason experienced complex emotions that, at times, seemed to make the world harder to face.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44895\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44895\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-44895 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/jedfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20-yr-old-Jason-headshot-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jason Bernstein\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jedfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20-yr-old-Jason-headshot-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/jedfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20-yr-old-Jason-headshot-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/jedfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20-yr-old-Jason-headshot-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jedfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20-yr-old-Jason-headshot-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jedfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20-yr-old-Jason-headshot-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/jedfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20-yr-old-Jason-headshot-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason Bernstein at age 20.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His parents saw signs early. Anger that lingered long after even a minor slight, overwhelming anxiety about school, a shyness that kept him close to his mother\u2019s side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By his teens, the anxiety had sharpened into shame. He grew afraid of blushing, of being seen. \u201cHe wanted so badly to do something about the blushing,\u201d his mother, Lauren, recalls. \u201cHe even asked about surgery.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He tried a combination of therapy, medication, hospitalization, and even a wilderness program, but his complex mental health condition persisted.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe tried everything we could possibly imagine trying. And it didn\u2019t stop it,\u201d Brian says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe unlucky ones are the families who never see it coming. We did. And it\u2019s not anybody\u2019s fault when these things happen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their advice to other parents is to keep showing love, even when it\u2019s hard. Don\u2019t take the pain personally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe thing that got us through it was holding onto each other,\u201d Lauren says. \u201cWe didn\u2019t let it destroy everything else.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Jason died, they found a short journal he\u2019d kept near the end. On one page, he\u2019d written two words: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good parents.<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe knew we loved him,\u201d Brian says. \u201cThat means everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the years since, they\u2019ve searched for ways to keep Jason\u2019s creativity alive. Brian and Lauren \u2014 drawing on Brian&#8217;s more than two decades in the toy industry \u2014 started Jasey&#8217;s Toy Chest, a toy company launching in early 2026. Their toys help toddlers and preschoolers develop early childhood skills like emotional regulation, frustration tolerance, social connection, and resilience, building a foundation for emotional wellbeing from the earliest years. They\u2019re a supporter of The Jed Foundation\u2019s work in youth mental health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe wanted to do something that would keep Jason\u2019s memory alive for us,\u201d Brian says. \u201cSomething that reflected who he was \u2014 curious, creative, full of imagination \u2014 and that could help kids like him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the family gathers to watch Jason\u2019s films, they are transported back to earlier times as the house fills again with his voice and music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In these moments, they feel connected to Jason once again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bernstein family shared their story as part of JED\u2019s International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day campaign. <a href=\"https:\/\/jedfoundation.org\/survivors-of-suicide-loss-day\">You can read more stories, access resources, and share a memory of your own here<\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you or someone you know needs to talk to someone right now, text, call, or chat 988 for a free confidential conversation with a trained counselor 24\/7.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also contact the Crisis Text Line by texting \u201cHOME\u201d to 741741.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If this is a medical emergency or if there is immediate danger of harm, call 911 and explain that you need support for a mental health crisis.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of times a year, the Bernstein family gets together to watch Jason\u2019s old films. \u201cHe made over 100 home movies when he was 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