Hallo,
I guess there is no answer to this one, but sharing anyway.
I lost my Mum 6 months ago and this week I have also had my contract at work terminated as part of a wave of redundancies.
Is there any way of processing this compounded grief? Loss of my job on top of the loss of my Mother. Do I just have to suck it up as being part of life (and death).
It all hurts so much…
Have you thought about counselling ? I’m currently having bereavement counselling which I think is helping a bit. We talk about other stuff too that’s going on.
Hi @Labrador,
So sorry to hear of your situation 
I can totally understand the pain!
I had to give up work before I lost both my Mum & then my Dad over the last couple of years and you are right it’s a compounded grief.
I didn’t realise until my bereavement counselling that I was also grieving about giving up work in terms of the routine and social contact!
Because I became a carer for my Dad I totally lost my own routine as his routine became mine! My advice would be to try and maintain some routine - exercise, volunteering etc whilst you look for a new job (sorry an assumption).
In the meantime get all the help you can from your GP Surgery, Citizens advice in terms of benefits if you are looking to claim.
Please remember there are lots of organisations out there to help you through this difficult time and if you need advice on how to find these, please shout.
Take care and the community is there for you.
Thanks for the kind and constructive replies. I am exercising sporadically and am planning to do some volunteering as soon as possible. Bereavement counselling is also in sight, and what I’m hearing from the community is that that can only help. That’s good to hear from where I’m standing!