The Red Cross has urged people with loved ones affected by the bushfires to listen to them and seek help if necessary.
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| The Red Cross has urged people with loved ones affected by the bushfires to listen to them and seek help if necessary. |
Lack of sleep, nausea, anger and guilt could be signs a survivor is not coping.
After an intial sense of euphoria at surviving, some people experienced an emotional rollercoaster and struggled to return to everyday life, according to Andrew Coghlan, the Australian Red Cross' head of emergency services.
He said for many survivors, bushfire was “a very abnormal experience” and their reactions were normal. “It’s not something that people are used to seeing or dealing with.”
Read the story from The Age by Carolyn Webb - “‘Very abnormal': Red Cross warns mental recovery from fires could take years.”
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