Dealing with Australian bushfire trauma and caring for your mental health
ABCIt's been three months since Tina Hag's home burnt to the ground. Focus on feeling safe and connecting with people "What these events can tend to do is become imprinted on people's minds in terms of the horror, the sense of threat and not being in control," says Professor Sandy McFarlane, director of the University of Adelaide's Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies. "We know that people who are more socially isolated are at higher risk of developing a mental health disorder," Ms Nursey says. Be aware of PTSD Professor McFarlane says we should not assume people who have experienced bushfire-related trauma will develop mental health disorders. "It's natural for everybody to experience fear, anxiety and distress during and after these events, but that's very different from the enduring disruption that post-traumatic stress disorder represents in somebody's life," he says.
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