Psychological Effects on Children during the War
- Description:
- "My son is 74 years old. At the beginning of the war, we regularly went down to the basement. Not on the first day, because it was strange and unclear what was happening. But after a rocket exploded right above our house the next night, we slept in the basement all the time. My son was holding up very well. He grew up right away, a change I've never seen happen so quickly. I've only read about it. He helped and encouraged me. From the outside, it seemed that he did not care deeply, as if he didn't realize the reality. That this is not Counter-Strike, not virtual, but real. But recently, I saw him very upset. When I asked him what was wrong, he said that he was afraid of forgetting how to breathe. He is an intelligent boy, not a pa nicker by any means, a boy with a sensitive but stable psyche. I studied psychology, so I realized that these are symptoms of PTSD. From the outside, you wouldn't know it. We got through it - we did exercises, distracted ourselves, talked. Now it seems to be over. For now."
- Attribution:
- ©Svidok, Professor Anasstasia Fedyk-UC Berkeley
- Date:
- 02-15-2024