Understanding the Crisis
real enough, your reasoning behind them are not...because there is NOTHING that we could possibly have done to deserve what happened to us.
It has been my experience that crisis is time limited--it won't go on indefinitely. You will ALWAYS find yourself pushing towards a resolution of sorts, be it a negative resolution or a positive resolution. We owe it to ourselves to learn as many coping skills as possible to enable us to deal more effectively with the crisis when it comes.
In the aftermath of a catastrophe, most victims must deal with the physical and emotional shockwaves of the event, but also with the sense of helplessness, powerlessness, and loss of control.
"Crisis" encompasses a number of intense, tumultuous emotions; it can be a continuing condition, or alternatively flare and recede. Any stressful, post-crime event may put the victim back into crisis. While there ae no predictors about who will experience crisis, or when the onset will be, or how severe it will be in the intensity or duration, the sooner one gets properly trained help, the better.
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