文档介绍：Coping With
Unexpected Events:
Depression and
Trauma
We’ve been there.
We can help.
National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association
Table of Contents
Responding to Traumatic Events 3
How to Cope with Depression
After Trauma 5
How to Help Others Cope 7
Helping and Talking with Children 8
What is Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD)? 10
Preventing Suicide 12
If You Live with Depression
or Bipolar Disorder 13
Resources 14
How You Can Help 15
National DMDA does not endorse or
mend the use of any specific
treatment or medication. For advice about
specific treatments or medications,
individuals should consult their physicians
and/or mental health care providers.
2
Responding
to Traumatic
Events
When we witness or
experience a
traumatic event,
such as an act of
violence or a
natural disaster, we are affected mentally and
emotionally. Whether we are personally involved in the
incident, have family or friends who are injured or
killed, are a rescue worker or health care provider, or
even if we learn about the event through the news, we
will experience some sort of emotional response. Each
of us will react differently and there is no right or wrong
way to feel. The emotional response each person has is
a normal part of the healing process.
What you might feel
Though everyone is affected differently at different
times, you may experience:
■ Numbness, inability to experience feelings,
feelings of disconnectedness
■ Changing emotions such as shock, denial, guilt or
self-blame
■ Extreme sadness, crying
■ Mood changes such as irritability, anxiousness,
nervousness, pessimism or indifference
■ Inability to concentrate
■ Recurring memories or bad dreams about the
event
■ Social withdrawal, isolation, strained personal
relationships
■ Physical symptoms such as unexplained aches
and pains, nausea, fatigue, loss of energy
■ Changes in eating habits or sleeping patterns
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