Healing deeper scars

Physical injuries are easier to heal than wounded minds and souls. To help survivors clear their minds of the shadow of the earthquake may prove to be a harder task than to cure their physical wounds.

A child rescued from the rubble refused to talk to anyone and even to its grandmother. Nightmares are reported to wake up some students from their sleep. But these are only some of the light symptoms of the psychic trauma that the earthquake has inflicted on them. The post-traumatic stress disorder can last for quite a long time for some survivors, particularly for those who have lost their loved ones, and can even seriously affect their normal lives.

Fortunately, psychologists have been commissioned and sent to the disaster areas. And some voluntary psychologists went there on their own to provide counsel for local residents.