09/08/2021
Safety. After a natural disaster the afflicted people need to feel that they are not in danger anymore. They may present with symptoms like depersonalization and/or derealization stemming from the recent trauma. They may be in denial since the brain fails to comprehend the event, while at the same time they grieve the loss - whatever that means for them. Besides denial is the first stage of grief.
If they mourn the loss of their home do not invalidate their feelings - stir away from telling them that they can rebuild everything. This is true, but so are their feelings: the sorrow and the anger for what has been lost, for their memories and their possessions, their despair for the irreversible of the situation.
Let us not forget about the fear towards what lies ahead, where will they live from now on, as citizens of a nation that tends to forget.
If you know people who have been affected from the recent natural disasters, just be there for them. They do not request a solution for their problems, they ask you to listen and be present.
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