May 3, 2021
Collective suffering, mass trauma, pandemic PTSD, whatever you call it, a shared terrible event can leave people feeling powerless.
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The pandemic’s not fully over, and already has taken so much from so many. Time, jobs, livelihoods, loved ones..the tremendous impact it s had on our lives, the way we function is something experts say we can heal from. I really do feel like we re going to see a lot more trauma disorders that come out of this, Dr. Eric French, Medical Director of Adult Psychiatry, Medical Center of Aurora, said. In a pandemic, we re exposed to stress or maybe more likely to develop a mental health issue, Flavia Desouza, Board Certified Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor at Howard University, said.