Grief, Anger, Stress
Crisis Counseling Services
After a disaster, it is common to experience physical, behavioral, and emotional changes. Below are some possible feelings or changes that you may have after a disaster. It is common to experience these reactions in the days, weeks, and months following an event.
- Anxiety or Fear
- Overwhelming sadness
- Anger, especially if the event involved violence. Visit the Coping With Anger After a Disaster page or download Tips for Survivors: Coping with Anger After a Disaster or Other Traumatic Event for more information.
- Guilt, even when you had no control over the traumatic event
- Disconnection, not caring about anything or anyone
- Numbness, unable to feel either joy or sadness
- Stomachaches or diarrhea
- Headaches or other physical pains for no clear reason
- Jumpiness or being easily startled
- Trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, sleeping too much, or trouble relaxing
- An increase or decrease in your energy and activity levels
- Use of alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs, or even prescription medication in an attempt to reduce distressing feelings or to forget
- Outbursts of anger, feeling really irritated and blaming other people for everything
- The desire to be alone most of the time, self-isolation
- Trouble remembering things
- Trouble thinking clearly and concentrating
- Difficulty talking about what happened or listening to other talk about it
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Doing What Matters in Times of Stress
World Health Organization
Doing What Matters in Times of Stress: An Illustrated Guide is a stress management guide for coping with adversity. The guide aims to equip people with practical skills to help cope with stress. A few minutes each day are enough to practice the self-help techniques. The guide can be used alone or with the accompanying audio exercises.
Informed by evidence and extensive field testing, the guide is for anyone who experiences stress, wherever they live and whatever their circumstances.
An Illustrated Guide Download (2.7 MB)
Doing What Matters in Times of Stress Audio Files
When you see the speaker icon in the book, that means there is an audio version of the exercises frond in the book. You can Listen to those files form the links below.