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...this corner of the Bible Belt into one of the largest concentrations of terrorism experts in the country. As with the Trade Center attacks, regular folks had lost all their co-workers in minutes. Some families lost all their children. They started using words like "hypervigilance" and "a new normal" in everyday conversation...
...terrorist lights a fuse or hijacks a plane in the U.S., people here warn, New Yorkers will have to beat back the anxiety and sadness all over again. During the week of Sept. 11, the hotline at Oklahoma's department of mental health got 300 calls--triple its normal volume...
...plenty of things you can do about it, including taking medication--but that's a last resort. The first step in dealing with anxiety, says Richard Friedman, psychiatrist and director of the Psychopharmacology Clinic at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, is realizing that "it's normal to feel anxious in reaction to the catastrophe. Don't avoid it; talk to your friends and family...
...praying and doing anything possible to help others. That it took a tragedy for people to forget themselves and remember family, freedom and God is a sad commentary on Americans. Maybe we have learned something from this. Do I want to return to the selfishness and complacency of a "normal" life? No! MINDY CARLSON Provo, Utah...
Indeed, last winter, as if on cue, twice as many students as in normal years came to counselors to talk about symptoms of depression and anxiety. Shortly before graduation last spring, a student committed suicide and another attempted it. Christine Hazard, who supervises the district's psychologists, notes that the American Psychological Association's website www.apa.org is distributing trauma information for schools and parents. "They need to have an awareness of the cycle," she says. "There are hard times ahead...