هل تشاهد أو تدعم أو تقرأ بانتظام عن الأفراد الذين يعانون من الصدمات أو يتعرضون لها؟
هل أنت عامل في المجال الإنساني أو مراسل إخباري أو تعمل في خدمة الأشخاص الذين يقاسون المعاناة؟سيكون هذا المستند نافعًا لك.
هل تشاهد أو تدعم أو تقرأ بانتظام عن الأفراد الذين يعانون من الصدمات أو يتعرضون لها؟
هل أنت عامل في المجال الإنساني أو مراسل إخباري أو تعمل في خدمة الأشخاص الذين يقاسون المعاناة؟سيكون هذا المستند نافعًا لك.
How to help a co-worker who may be suicidal: If you have never had thoughts of ending your life, it can be difficult to relate with someone who is. It is always important to take your co-worker (or anyone else) seriously if they say something about ending their life or not wanting to live.
Traumatic events may produce powerful emotions: fear, anger, disgust, shame. Strong emotions like these don’t just dissipate into thin air but may be shared and transferred wherever encountered.
The death of a friend, colleague or family member is very distressing, even devastating. And depending on the nature of your loss, the impact and grieving process will be unique to each person.
“You usually don’t realize you’re burned out until afterwards. For example, I like reading as a past-time, but I remember a time when I sat down to read and I couldn’t get past a few sentences before my mind just turned off—that’s when I realized something was really wrong.”
The extent of your wellbeing and effectiveness will largely depend on how well you manage stress. And in high-stress, fast paced emergency work, self-care usually feels counter-intuitive.
Being well prepared for a sudden shutdown and evacuation or hibernation of your programme goes a long way in helping your staff feel safe and contained.
Post-crisis response is about providing the right kind of support at the right time.
We all respond to crisis in different ways. Some may respond with a strong emotional reaction, while others may feel detached, some with anger or sadness.