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Trish Wood's avatar

Do understand it is somewhat self-protective. We are not built to hold on to this kind of visual trauma indefinitely. Yes, part of your limbic system is resting but I suspect it will come back. As a true crime journalist I've been through this before. The difference is that world leaders weren't cheering on and funding Ted Bundy.

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People working in hospitals hit the point when trauma doesn’t bother them anymore.

I was in my 20's when it hit my. Xmas eve and a guy fatally shot himself , but didn’t die immediately. Someone cracked a joke after he died and the team walked out of the room smiling and laughing and the family was right there….I felt horrible and that has stayed with me for 40 years. It did come back when I watched a 39 year old man die of chickenpox. That’s stayed with me the.

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