Make sure not to aggravate the psychological wound of the

Make sure not to aggravate the psychological wound of the children of disaster area
"Go to the disaster area to become volunteers who a society worker or psychology helped, please don't inquire the experience of the children of disaster area easily, because this may aggravate their psychological wound artificially. " Here a few days ago " The social work is with rebuilding after the calamity " Train on the lecture, professors from social work institute of U.S.A. North Carolina university, send out the above-mentioned sincere advice to social workers of Shanghai who will hurry to the disaster area soon.

The most difficult period will come soon

To volunteer, the most difficult period is not now, but upcoming depressed one and rebuild one, all volunteers should make psychological preparations, should overcome one's own disappointed mood in the long-term rescue, and keep confidence under any circumstance. This auspicious opens the graceful professor's suggestion on volunteers during training.

Auspicious opens the graceful professor and claims, it is a long course to rebuild after the calamity, takes 5 years at least according to the universal law, it is even longer. With rescuing drawing to an end of the task, rescue the large unit and withdraw gradually, but the life of the victim of the disaster still can not resume as usual, some people will produce mood in them at this moment. Society workers' task, is to want to help the victim of the disaster to tide over the psychological difficulty, this is a long course, but the society worker should set an example keeps confidence. He advises the volunteer to pay attention to one's own physical and mental health too, should especially understand how to relieve one's own pressure.

Can't inquire children's experience easily

In training, almost all the experts mention simultaneously, while keeping in touch with the children after the calamity, can't inquire their sorrowful experience easily, let alone say to them: "It is very lucky that you can be alive. "

Professor Chapman engaged in children's wound after the calamity and coach for a long time says, because children's language ability is limited, so the children that the psychology has received the wound, the behavior of possibly becoming abnormal. Just because of this, it is more difficult that their wound resumes just compared with the adult.

She thinks, the child will tell one's own experience voluntarily when there is sense of safetying, but go to inquire the experience of these disaster-stricken children artificially, will aggravate their psychological wound. The most important thing is, should protect children from accepting the injury of the wound scene again, and should try hard to avoid letting them accept media and external interference. According to children's thoughtcast, most children are on condition that lose the relative, will feel guilty about one's own existence. So, while pacifying children, must guard against saying to them " is very lucky that you can live " ,Because this will aggravate their psychological wound.

Staff reporter Jiang Peng


Make sure not to aggravate the psychological wound of the children of disaster area