Healing Trauma with Tenderness
The following principles of self-care will protect support leaders from Compassion Fatigue. Consider the following facts.
- A disaster/ Terror attacks creates demands beyond normal community or individual resources.
- A disaster may generate a cluster of conflicting responses, such as guilt, anger, gratitude, depression, anxiety, and inconsolable grief. These conflicting emotions need processing or will create emotional fragmentation.
- Physical symptoms may include: fatigue, headaches, nausea, muscle pain, dizziness.
- Cognitive symptoms include: problems concentrating, problems making decisions, disoriented thinking.
Recommended Reading: EFT with 9/11 Trauma Survivors by Dr. Hannibal Silver
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