Nearly a week after a racially motivated mass shooting in Jacksonville, many in the local area are still feeling the mental and emotional effects of 3 innocent people being killed.
The National Institute of Mental Health says that not everyone with PTSD has been through a dangerous event. Sometimes, knowing that someone close to you, or in your community has experienced trauma can cause PTSD.In relation to last week’s shooting, a local clinical therapist Action News Jax spoke with said that constantly seeing violent acts against others in your community can have lasting mental and emotional effects. But there are ways to understand and heal your triggers.
Mchellon said that even though the shooting isn’t the current topic of conversation, its effects could be lingering in the subconscious of many in the form of PTSD by exposure. Some of the easily diagnosable symptoms are:
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