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Kristal – Drug Poisoning During Pandemic Stigma

April 23, 2023

Kristal discusses how the pandemic has created additional stigma surrounding those who use drugs. She dissuses how it seems like some losses are treated as more deserving of being mourned than others. Many people have had to grieve privately instead of publically within a community. She touches on the state of the public health system during the pandemic.

Collective/Community Grief / Death By Overdose / Drug Poisoning and the Pandemic / I Am A Professional / Video

Ellen – “Grieving her grandmother”

December 16, 2018

Ellen talks about her grief and the loss of her grandmother.

Death of a Grandparent / Video

Brenda and Dale – “Family”

December 17, 2018

Brenda and Dale talk about their struggles in being a family. They continue to grieve the death of their son by suicide.

Grief and Trauma / Suicide / Video

Amber -Grieving as a teenager

June 8, 2021

Amber discusses the challenges of going through grief as a teen

Death of a Parent / Supporting Others / Video

Kim – Support at the hospital

March 5, 2022

Kim discusses how tough COVID made the hospital experience and the support she received

Death and Grief During a Pandemic / Death of a Parent / Video

Nicole – Using Art and Creativity to Express Grief

March 25, 2023

Nicole discusses the work she does to allow access to creative outlets such as art hives and gardening.

Art / Collective/Community Grief / Death By Overdose / Death of A Loved One / Drug Poisoning and the Pandemic / I Am A Griever / I Am A Professional / I Am A Supporter / Video

Holly – The symbolic nature of death

March 7, 2021

Holly discusses doing art, the symbolic nature of urns and the denial of death

Death of a Partner / Video

Keith – “Difference between grief and mourning”

December 10, 2018

Keith explains how grief is internal and mourning is external.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Video

Kara – “Same Sex Couple”

December 16, 2018

Kara talks about never having discussed being a same sex couple with most of her family. Kara continues to grieve the death of her partner.

Death of a Partner / Video

Rev. Sky – “It’s OK to cry”

December 10, 2018

Rev. Sky talks about loss due to gun violence, that it’s OK to cry and finding an outlet.

Bereavement Professionals' Insights / Grief and Trauma / Video

Bryan – Empathy for others

October 30, 2021

Bryan talks about how losing his father to gun violence was difficult and how taking things day by day helped him get through many difficult times. Now he wants to help children who are going through something similar to what he did. Things will get better and there is always a light at the end of the tunnel

Death of a Parent / Grief and Trauma / Video

Christian – Denial and grieving

April 23, 2023

Christian discusses what happens after members of the community die from drug poisoning and how it’s OK for grief to be messy

Death By Overdose / Drug Poisoning and the Pandemic / I Am A Professional / Video