First of all, it is important to know and understand what crisis is before any management of it can be done. “A crisis is an unexpected event that calls for the mobilization of additional resources beyond those necessary for everyday life. When people encounter unexpected challenges and traumas, they may have difficulty mobilizing their resources to meet these challenges.” (NVAA Work Group, p. 7-4). Basically, when an individual is faced with a trauma and they cannot recover from it themselves or they keep getting stuck in the event even though it is not happening and need other people to help them piece back together their life and recover, that is crisis.
Additionally, “‘a crisis can be thought of as a system out of balance. Normally, all …show more content…
“Situational crisis like rape robbery, sudden death, or being diagnosed with a chronic or terminal disease” (TDMHSAS, 2012, p. 9). In a situational crisis, a very sudden life changing trauma has occurred and it changes the way that individual will live their life after it has happened. Moving forward, there are “two key elements in any crisis [and they are] grief/loss and anxiety [and] no one can predict exactly what a grieving person will feel like” (TDMHSAS, 2012, p. 24). Someone who is grieving can completely deny that the traumatic event never even took place or they can be on the other end and be completely angry and lashes out at everyone because they were a victim of a crime. No matter what stage an individual is at, they will need to work their way through it so they are able to move on and recover. Finally, alcohol and drug use are an important “consideration in assessing a person’s ability to cope and gain assistance during periods of crisis” (TDMHSAS, 2012, p. 37). To elaborate, substance abuse can cause a person that is in crisis to fall into depression or deeper into depression if they already in it and make it nearly impossible to be in the mindset to recover from something bad that was done to them or they were a witness to which may lead to …show more content…
PTSD is “an anxiety disorder that can occur after [someone has] been through a traumatic event” and it does not only happen to people who have been in the military (Shannontgasser, 2008). When someone has PTSD, “bad memories of the traumatic event can come back at any time … [and it] may even feel like [the person] is going through the event again” (Shannontgasser, 2008). These bad memories can take control over the individual and they may not be able to distinguish if the event is really happening to them again or if it is just a memory and they may not even be able to talk to other people about the traumatic event. Treatment is available for people who have post-traumatic stress disorder, they must first share their story so they can get
Additionally, “‘a crisis can be thought of as a system out of balance. Normally, all …show more content…
“Situational crisis like rape robbery, sudden death, or being diagnosed with a chronic or terminal disease” (TDMHSAS, 2012, p. 9). In a situational crisis, a very sudden life changing trauma has occurred and it changes the way that individual will live their life after it has happened. Moving forward, there are “two key elements in any crisis [and they are] grief/loss and anxiety [and] no one can predict exactly what a grieving person will feel like” (TDMHSAS, 2012, p. 24). Someone who is grieving can completely deny that the traumatic event never even took place or they can be on the other end and be completely angry and lashes out at everyone because they were a victim of a crime. No matter what stage an individual is at, they will need to work their way through it so they are able to move on and recover. Finally, alcohol and drug use are an important “consideration in assessing a person’s ability to cope and gain assistance during periods of crisis” (TDMHSAS, 2012, p. 37). To elaborate, substance abuse can cause a person that is in crisis to fall into depression or deeper into depression if they already in it and make it nearly impossible to be in the mindset to recover from something bad that was done to them or they were a witness to which may lead to …show more content…
PTSD is “an anxiety disorder that can occur after [someone has] been through a traumatic event” and it does not only happen to people who have been in the military (Shannontgasser, 2008). When someone has PTSD, “bad memories of the traumatic event can come back at any time … [and it] may even feel like [the person] is going through the event again” (Shannontgasser, 2008). These bad memories can take control over the individual and they may not be able to distinguish if the event is really happening to them again or if it is just a memory and they may not even be able to talk to other people about the traumatic event. Treatment is available for people who have post-traumatic stress disorder, they must first share their story so they can get