Have you been struck? Pain sticks
Cover your mouth! Wash your hands! Bundle up in the cold! This wisdom keeps us from sickness and misery. But what if you're a therapist, a social worker, a helper? What do we do. A recent and very accessible article in the Altantic (Dec 14, 2015), talks about PTSD. The title is catching "When PTSD is Contagious." The gist of the article is that we, those that listen, feel, and walk with those hurting, abused, and traumatized are at risk. Now, this is not new information.