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Originally posted by Carbonated_Brains
I have no tangible contact with the event, it's just unnerving.
I appreciate your help, wolf, but this is just part of the profession I'm in, it's happened before and it'll happen again. I'd say he needs the help more than I do 
Anyway, last night was particularly hard-hitting for various reasons, but I'm tip top now.
How fragile one's grip on the norm, eh?
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F.I.N.E.? (Fucked up, Insecure, Neurotic, and Emotional) ...
Critical Incident Stress are NORMAL reactions of a NORMAL person exposed to ABNORMAL circumstances or events.
Doesn't matter if it's "part of the profession" or not. Actually the fact that such incidents are part of the profession can lead to build up of cumulative stress that leads you down the same squirrelly path.
Sleeplessness, flashbacks, irritability, difficulty concentrating, increase in substance use (that includes more cigs and caffiene than usual as well as drugs and alcohol), avoidance, isolation, etc., etc., etc. are all potential effects of this stuff. AND can result from what we call "vicarious traumitization" ... which means seeing it on the news or hearing someone else describe the event.
Keep this kind of stuff in mind. Again, if you need more info/resources, I have 'em..
Glad to hear that bit passed. Take care of yourself.