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Katrina Survivors: are you traumatized?
Posted on 1/23/14 at 7:52 am
Posted on 1/23/14 at 7:52 am
Do you feel like the experience had a lasting emotional impact on you? By that, I mean do you still get emotional at times when thinking back about that time? Will you "never be the same"?
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Posted on 1/23/14 at 7:53 am to baybeefeetz
Yes. I've met people who do
They went through a lot of shite that I can't even imagine
They went through a lot of shite that I can't even imagine
Posted on 1/23/14 at 7:54 am to baybeefeetz
Yes.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 7:54 am to baybeefeetz
quote:
Do you feel like the experience had a lasting emotional impact on you? By that, I mean do you still get emotional at times when thinking back about that time? Will you "never be the same"?
Wait, is there some class action lawsuit going on, cause if so yes to all of those questions!?
Posted on 1/23/14 at 7:57 am to baybeefeetz
Katrina changed many people's lives forever. And certainly some people are traumatized by it. I know some people, mostly older people and friends of parents, who are still upset by it. But for me I don't know if traumatized is the right word, but i certainly will never be the same. I have no want of care for the material shite anymore. That stuff doesn't last and when the chips are down you dont miss it or want for it anyway. I spend as much time as I can with friends and family because I know what it's like to suddenly not be able to see them anymore.
You got to see what really matters and how the people closest to you react in intense situations. Those revelations change a person.
Things you thought were so important you realize didn't mean shite and thing you took for granted or never noticed you realized were the most cherished things in life. My goals, my outlook, and my life changed for the better.
You got to see what really matters and how the people closest to you react in intense situations. Those revelations change a person.
Things you thought were so important you realize didn't mean shite and thing you took for granted or never noticed you realized were the most cherished things in life. My goals, my outlook, and my life changed for the better.
This post was edited on 1/23/14 at 8:08 am
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:02 am to baybeefeetz
I know a lot of normal people that had their lives fcked up.
They don't harp on it and sit on their asses complaining, but they get emotional on the anniversary.
I'm sure this thread will end up full of OT stupidity because its about Katrina and too many pea brains try to just associate It with black people from New Orleans
They don't harp on it and sit on their asses complaining, but they get emotional on the anniversary.
I'm sure this thread will end up full of OT stupidity because its about Katrina and too many pea brains try to just associate It with black people from New Orleans
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:03 am to baybeefeetz
My GF has issues from it.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:07 am to baybeefeetz
My dad had to stay behind at Baptist hospital to deal with his patients. He still won't tell me stories about all the crap he had to deal with, and for the first year was not the same person at all.
As scary as it was for us just seeing him like that, I can't even imagine what he went through.
As scary as it was for us just seeing him like that, I can't even imagine what he went through.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:10 am to Breesus
upvote for Breesus
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:11 am to baybeefeetz
quote:
are you traumatized?
No
quote:
do you still get emotional at times when thinking back about that time?
Yes
quote:
Will you "never be the same"?
Yes
It's not easy living 40+ years in a particular place, working to build a life for you and your family,developing relationships with friends,neighbors,business etc...
then having that ripped out from under you and being transplanted to a place where you don't know anyone,or anything...
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:14 am to baybeefeetz
I don't, but my some of my family are. It's defiantly sad but I try not and dwell on it.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:19 am to Breesus
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Breesus
well said..
i lost pretty much every material possession i owned but that had nowhere near the impact of having to explain to my kids that all of their shite was gone....the life they knew was over .... there was a good chance that they would never see their childhood friends again.
seeing a 7 yr old have to start over in a new place, in a new school with NO friends and being treated like an outsider because of something that was completely out of their control was a helluva lot harder to deal with than losing my big screen.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:20 am to baybeefeetz
I met a nurse at a hospital here in Houston that worked at Charity during Katrina. She's totally messed up emotionally. Her stories were horrifying. Best way to describe it was that it was like a concentration camp with all the dead bodies.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:23 am to baybeefeetz
I lost 'everything' but I don't really GAF. My wife got pregnant when we were refugees so effectively a new 'life' for us started then. I still go walk to cabinets that don't exist looking for an item that is long gone. It doesn't upset me though, it's just gone. I could lose it all again and I wouldn't care, as long as I have my family I'm good.
It's sad that our town is so different, it really was a gem before the storm.
It's sad that our town is so different, it really was a gem before the storm.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:24 am to baybeefeetz
Yes....I don't wanna talk about it.
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:25 am to baybeefeetz
Edited to be more sensitive. Sorry about that, guys. I should have known better. 
This post was edited on 1/23/14 at 8:26 am
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:25 am to baybeefeetz
yes
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:31 am to baybeefeetz
Not me but, for my oldest son yes. My youngest was to small to remember. My oldest would wake up crying to go home for over a year. He would always want to know why he couldn't see his friends anymore. He went to a psychologist , and was diagnosed with PTSD. I guess when you leave you home and everything and everyone you own and know is gone over night it can screw you up especially a kid.. We lived in Buras.
This post was edited on 1/23/14 at 8:34 am
Posted on 1/23/14 at 8:32 am to baybeefeetz
quote:
Do you feel like the experience had a lasting emotional impact on you? By that, I mean do you still get emotional at times when thinking back about that time?
Certainly. I rode out the storm at Jackson Barracks - the eye passed over us. We were bloody lucky to make it out of there alive. Afterwards, feeling helpless at the Superdome when we were supposed to be the people helping others made me a little depressed.
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are you traumatized?
I don't think so.
quote:
Will you "never be the same"?
Every experience changes you. I don't it is as profound a change, at least for me, than your language suggests. However, I'm sure that is true for many people - and very understandable.
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