The Trauma Risk Management Handbook

Reactions may include:
Sadness
Guilt
Anger
Shame
Fear
Memories
Disappointment
for deaths, injuries or losses of every kind;
for not having done more; for having survived;
at what has happened, at whoever caused it;
or let it happen;
at the injustice of it all;
at the lack of understanding of others;
at the inefficiencies in the "system";
Why me
for not having reacted as one would have wished;
for having been seen as helpless, "emotional" or needing others;
of "breaking down" or "losing control";
of a similar event happening again;
of feelings of loss or of concern for other people in your life;
of past, similar events;
which can alternate with Hope.
Physical and mental reactions
You may have some physical reactions, with or without the feelings described above. Sometimes they may
develop long after the event.
Physical reactions include tiredness, sleeplessness, palpitations, nausea, headaches, neck and back aches,
muscular tension, tightness in the chest and throat, changes in eating habits and sexual interest.
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