trauma 9/11 Caused Collective Trauma — And That Can Be Dangerous For the 20th anniversary of 9/11, we are answering questions from Millennials and members of Gen Z about the event many were too young to remember. For this installment, we addressed the issue of collective trauma — and how it can be manipulated.
ptsd Images of 9/11 Caused PTSD in People Thousands of Miles From Ground Zero For those who were near the World Trade Center on 9/11, or had a direct connection to the attack, the lingering trauma of that day is well understood. But some people who were nowhere near Ground Zero on 9/11 also experienced PTSD after the attacks — purely from watching the events unfold on their television or computer screens. NBCLX storyteller...
nurses A Nurse Describes Her Harrowing Battle with PTSD After the First COVID-19 Wave Cassandra Alexander, a certified nurse in the Bay Area of California, spent months watching patients die from COVID-19 before the “slow accretion of sorrow” left her deep in her own crisis with PTSD. Alexander, who wrote about her trauma in a recent op-ed in HuffPost, shares her story on LX News. If you, or someone you know, is in need...
virtual reality VR Is Helping Veterans Overcome PTSD by Putting Them Back at the Scenes of Their Trauma It may seem counterintuitive that using virtual reality to put veterans into scenes that replicate their trauma can help them overcome PTSD. But that’s exactly what’s happening with VR technology at the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies. NBC Los Angeles’ Lolita Lopez went to USC to see how it works firsthand.
service animals K9s for Warriors: Matching Veterans Suffering From PTSD With Man's Best Friend Dogs have been man’s best friend for thousands of years. And they have one of man’s most important jobs – serving our nation’s heroes. Rory Diamond is the CEO of K9s for Warriors, an organization that places service dogs with veterans suffering from PTSD or other trauma.
