Compounded or cumulative grief is when a person experiences several losses in a short period of time. It when when the grief and loss in ones life seems to pile-on, causing bereavement overload. It could mean losing several loved ones, or losing a loved one, then a relationship, then a pet, etc. No matter where your losses are coming from, it is a grief overload that is hard to deal with.  

Our guest this week, Hanna Normandeau, experienced the loss of her Dad, grandmother, and grandfather, all within an 8-month period. Hanna lays out her experience losing her dad tragically and traumatically to COVID-19, and shortly after losing her elderly grandparents more “naturally” but devastating nonetheless. We learn about how compounded grief feels overwhelming and creates longer periods of denial, how our grief looks differently depending on the relationship we had with the person while they were still on earth, and the intricacies of the effects of bereavement overload.    

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