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Check Out My Most Recent Article:

How to Cope With Trauma

© 1999-2007 Sharon M. Barnes, MSSW, LCSW

What do you do at three thirty in the morning when you can't sleep after a tragedy has occurred? First, you acknowledge that it is affecting you, and then you do what you can. Early in the morning after the shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado on April 21, 1999, I woke up and couldn’t go back to sleep. It hit too close to home. I had moved to a house less than a mile from Columbine High School two months before the shooting, and I had two sons in high school, albeit a different one. I couldn't get my mind off of what had happened, and how it must be affecting the people directly involved.

Instead of tossing and turning, I got up and started to write. As I typed on my laptop in the wee hours of the morning, it calmed, encouraged and empowered me to remember what trauma and tragedy is, how humans normally react to it, as well as how to cope with it. Later, I realized that people in other situations of trauma and tragedy might also find this information useful, so I have revised it to be more generally applicable. I hope you find it helpful.

Here's a preview of what you'll find:

What is trauma?

Why learn about trauma?

How do people usually react to trauma?

How does healing happen?

Coping and containment are crucial skills for resolving trauma.

What can we do to help someone affected by trauma?

What if these things don't bring relief?

One final thing to remember:

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