(オリジナル英文) Dear Friends, may this be helpful to some… Dealing with Trauma and Shock Here are a few ideas quickly thrown together that may help in traumatic situations, things I have found useful over the years of working with “hot spot” kinds of situations. I want to write these up quickly because of all the calls I am getting about dealing with trauma. Sorry I did not do this earlier. Everyone should add their tips if they have some.
May these ideas be of help. I have not published this material, I am just sharing this out of good feeling for all those in the midst of, or going through trauma…including victims, eye-witnesses, rescuers, and everyone included.
If you are in an accident, a fight, a fire, tsunami or connected with tragedy in any form, you may feel “SHOCK” which often includes feeling depressed, exhausted, numb, unable to sleep, memory problems, shaking, heart pain etc. Many people don’t want to talk to anyone or some need to talk all the time. Some people become fearful the problem will recur. Blaming oneself and others is common. Many people experience great anxiety.
Whether you feel guilty or depressed, or want to forget, often time itself is the greatest healer. Your own process and dreams, even feeling numb and forgetful can be intelligent methods of giving you time to recuperate. Believe in yourself. Dreaming and fantasies can be very helpful. Get someone to help you with your process if you need it. Focus on your thoughts, then look around you, and notice what catches your attention. That thing that caught your attention may be very helpful.
Work inside yourself, then outside. Take care as best you can to insure that the trauma does not recur. Get any help --you may need to do that. Then when you have dealt as well as possible with the outer situation, go into the dreaming behind the situation. Listen to the earth, and if you can, find your process mind. If you have a spiritual tradition, follow it. Be careful about addictive tendencies during this time. Find healthy ways to relax; meditate or go jogging.
Then again, go from inside work to taking care of yourself outside. If possible, eat sensibly, care for your physical body, and do as much exercise as possible. Speak to others if you feel like it, and hear their stories…sharing stories is very very helpful. Gossip as much as possible.
If there is something you can do to help others with similar shock problems, please do so. That can be “self healing” as well. Help yourself. Do realistic things such as seeking friends to help you, or even groups. Remember, its normal for you and others to be angry and depressed and sad. Find out what exactly you are angry at, what makes you depressed, and if you can, play out those “bad” forces and play out yourself as well. Using your processmind can make this easier to do alone. But again, ask a friend or therapist to help if needed.
Your timing, your process knows what’s best. Sometimes doing nothing, forgetting it all can be very helpful. Take a walk. Forget it, work on your dreams later…. And get tons and tons of love from anyone, anywhere, at any time.
Love arny
p.s. excuse me for haste…and incompleteness…I just wanted to get this out now. There are many good teachers about these subjects such as Emetchi!