Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Learning from Grief

Grief is weird. Odd start, I know, but that was the sentence I used a lot whenever someone asked me how I was. It was never a constant feeling; it changed day to day. And still does. It’s the full gambit of emotions from sadness to anger to guilt and, though dark, even humour found its way in.

Nicole – Pandemic Leads to Increase in Drug Poisoning

Nicole discusses the increase in drug poisonings during the pandemic due to a number of factors.

Marija – Types of Loss in a Pandemic

Marija explains how all of the losses we experience during a pandemic are compounded

Kate – Triggers

Kate discusses how she deals with her emotions when something triggers her grief

Jane – Struggling to process layers of grief

Jane talks about her experience navigating multiple losses in a short time and the impact the pandemic has had on that by adding even more multi-facitated layers of grief

Lynda – “Guilt during a time of crisis”

Lynda discusses how to deal with guilt.

Lynda – “It’s complicated during a pandemic”

Lynda talks about how things are so much more complicated in these times

Karyn and Aidan – Humour

Karyn and Aidan talk about how they use humour as a connection and a coping tool

Zoreena – Burnout and counseling

Zoreena talks about her father’s decline in a nursing home during COVID

Christian – Supporting people who may die

Christian talks about going from zero overdoses to 50 in a matter of months and how to help people who may die

Andrea – Loneliness and support

Andrea talks about how tough it is to be alone and how her friends and family have come through for her

Corrie – Grieving during a pandemic

Corrie discuss the grieving during a pandemic