re: #870 Spare O’Lake

Trauma does not imply that the condition is incurable.
I felt physically and emotionally ill.
I was unable to concentrate on my work.
I was mesmerized and went home and sat glued to the TV for many days.
It was a life-changing experience.
I was traumatized.

We all were. In exactly the same way.

Let me tell the story of my neighborhood after 9/11.

We lived by a flight path. Planes every day, every 10 minutes. Used to it. All of a sudden, none.

Like day 3, all of a sudden there are these helicopters circling…wha? We are open people, our front door is wide open on a busy kind of street. We have a big screen thats on, at the moment 24/7 to the terrorist attacks. I’m sitting on the couch kind of freaking out hearing the helire: #885 researchok

That is like saying people outside NOLA were less upset about Katrina than people who were their.

Literal experiences differ by virtue of proximity, of course.

Emotional reactions are not bound by geography.

Please.