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How To Cope With The Trauma After A Calamity

The earth has been facing many natural disasters, and inhabitants of the planet have overcome it as well. Though, after any natural calamity, the stress and trauma stay in the victims of it for a short span or even for a lifetime. Natural calamities come in the form of cyclones, hurricanes, earthquakes, volcano, landslides, and floods. However, the year 2020 has been extremely wrathful since it has unleashed a number of natural calamities along with the pandemic of coronavirus. The double whammy of the disease along the fury of nature is taking a heavy toll on the mental health of the people. Starting from the Australian bushfire, cyclones Amphan and Nisarg in India, floods in Dubai, and earthquake in the city of Puerto Rico, all these have caused massive loss of life and property. For the people who survived these calamities, the memories of it might haunt them for life and might create other mental issues for them as well. The main problem that is on the rise is post-traumatic ...

Trauma And Its Effect On Your Life

Traumatic events that occur that happens in anyone’s life can have a very debilitating effect. The horrifying memories of that event can haunt the person, again and again, throwing away normalcy from their lives. Trauma can be both physical and mental, but in the end, it has more of a psychological effect on the person, be it in any form. Traumatic events can happen right from accident, physical and mental abuse, rape, sexual assault, bullying, death of a person, and witnessing a riot or war and other things like that. The memories of traumatic events cannot be erased from the mind, but they can be suppressed to a certain extent so that they cannot interfere in your everyday life. Trauma can cause numerous issues in the life of the person and does not allow him or her to lead it peacefully. It generally causes Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) which can show some nasty symptoms like: ·        Increased heart rate ·    ...