Nobel Peace Prize Co-Recipient Launches Survivor Corps to Help Survivors of War, Violence and Terrorism Formerly the Landmine Survivors Network (LSN), Survivor Corps Aims to Expand Reach of Global Network of People Helping Each Other Overcome Trauma Caused by War and Conflict

Saturday, June 21, 2008

snippets of grief

“After the worst happens, the two most common pyschological responses are known as intrusion and avoidance. Intrusion involves suddenly relieving a traumatic experience, and can include nightmares and flahbacks…

Avoidance - the repression of painful memories - is the other coping device we use in the face of disaster.”

- Jerry White (I Will Not Be Broken)

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