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Friday, October 26, 2001
It takes courage to live in the home of the brave
September 11, 2001 everything changed. One month later, just
under the surface, anxious, sad and angry feelings are still bubbling
for many. Who knows what it will take for those understandable
emotions to heat up to a boiling point? One more assignment to
add to your pile? Somebody cutting you off in traffic? Bruno's out
of coffee lids- again? Halloween decorations (especially fake
tombstones) upsetting you?
The terrorist attacks in NYC, DC and Pittsburgh have affected
all Americans across the country and many others around the world.
Most people who survive terrifying events have symptoms of severe
stress in the days and weeks that follow the event. These typically
diminish and disappear over time. However, if not managed, this
heightened state of arousal can go on to develop into Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder. This is a real illness that requires treatment.
Symptoms of FTSD include:
Re-experiencing the event or having recurrent intrusive images
Having nightmares and scary thoughts about the terrifying event
Problems with appetite or sleep
Irritability/Anger
Sadness/Feeling depressed
Feelings of helplessness
Excessive drug and alcohol use
PTSD has its origins in what you probably recall from high school
biology class as the "fight or flight response." 'This is the biologically
innate internal alarm system that alerts us to real or perceived danger.
It's the system that gets activated when you hear the words "pop
quiz today". It is also the system that was activated on September
11 when you heard about and/or witnessed thousands of people fall
from the sky to their deaths.
Many are still caught up in this state of internal arousal. All these
symptoms are common responses to disaster, And what about our
behavioral responses? For 26 years, I have lived in a cottage, on the
beach, along Erie's shoreline, in the flight pattern of the Erie
International Airport. Following this disaster, I watched myself do
something that had never occurred to me to do before. The very
first airplane I spotted overhead after September 11, had me running
to the end of my pier, waving frantically and saluting the bravery of
all aboard for being up in that deadly sky again. I don't know if
anyone on the plane saw me, but this action, surprisingly, brought
me momentary relief from my own preoccupation with this sad
event that has changed so many for a such a long time to come.
Life after this trauma, for many, is requiring a huge adjustment
to what was once "normal." While things are different, they're not
over. Our collective challenge is to somehow learn to cope and
reclaim that sense of normalcy as best we can.' What can we
personally DO with this challenge of terror?
I offer the following suggestions gathered from various sources
and urge you to borrow something, one thing, from the list and
apply it to your life, right now, today.
• Get Support- from family, friends, professors, colleagues, etc.
• Exercise- a simple l 0 min. walk can significantly reduce anxiety
and blood pressure
• Eat well and stop drinking so much- Don't assault your own
body by making it work extra hard to throw off toxins now.
• Give your immune system a break so you don't get sick and run
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• Reduce your stress- let go of a relationship that is hurting you
• Cry, Emote, Rest
• TALK- the most healing thing you can do. Ask others how they
are doing, too.
In measuring your progress, try not to think in terms of outcome,
but of having made your hest effort. Think less in terms of
completely eliminating your symptoms and more in terms of
evidence that you are increasing your invol% einem in the PRESENT.
If you regain/increase your ability to love and care for others
(including yourself) and to work and participate in some activities
you find meaningful, or you simply become better able to enjoy
yourself, consider yourself a courageous and healing person.
From Angel Kvo(lo Williamson September I 1 t Founder of Urban
Peace Organisation):
"I want to encourage you all, first and foremost. to he still. To
listen to your heartbeat. To he silent. fo breathe. If you listen
deeply, it is the voice of sanity and compassion that you will find
there. It is the voice that will remind you of your connection with
all beings. -
From former U.S. Attorney (ieneral Ramsey Clark:
"We also have to realize that we're going to he here only one
time, and we've got to enjoy life, however hard it is. To miss the
opportunity for joy is to miss lite. -
From Chirissa Estes (Critical Incident Specialist):
"Psychic infection spread from terrorism is a flu - greater concern
now than germ waifiue. The main goal of terrorism is "intentional
psychological trauma." Murder and mayhem am only secondary
goals. Terrorism is willful psychological assault; a conscious and
planned assault against the minds and hearts and spirits of a large
group of persons.
Ways to proceed:
Refuse to dwell on what psychically depletes you of hope,
contentment and ease.
Dwell in what strengthens you.
We all wish to be brave and strong in the face of disaster. We all
wish to be looked up to for our endurance and our efforts to help
others. If you truly care for humanity. include yourself in their
numbers, by giving your own inner feelings the voice and the dignity
they so deeply deserve."
From Barbara Kingsglover (Author):
"Surely, the whole world grieves for us right now. And surely it
also hopes we might have learned. from the taste of our own blood,
that every war is both won and lost, and that loss is a pure, high note
of anguish like a mother singing to any empty bed. The mortal
citizens of a planet are praying right now that we will bear in mind.
better than ever before. that no kind oI bomb ever built ‘‘. extinguish
hatred,"
From Tom Ridge (President, Office of lomeland Security):
"All 01 us can do our part to strengthen the whole. If you are a
student, he a better student. It you ue a manager, he a better manager.
If you are a janitor, he a better janitor. We must not let tear win."
And lastly, I offer this infamous quote that I discovered years ago,
of all places, on the hack of a Salado tea hag:
- The hut nan spirit is stronger than an) thing that can happen to
1t...
Please hold that thought and all your loge' ones close
Sue Dula
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