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Re: Topic Tuesday // Your mental health and the recent bushfires // Tues 28 Jan, 7pm AEST
  • Author : Adge
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  • Topic : Events and updates
28 Jan 2020 08:38 AM
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We have bushfire smoke (haze) covering parts of Perth, several times a year (at least). @Former-Member @Former-Member @Former-Member @Shaz51 

Even just a few days ago, I could smell it for miles.

As for the national bushfire situation, & all the recent fires -

What I was totally unprepared for is - 1)The constant media barrage of "Over-stimulating information" (information overload).

2) The fact that all my inter-state relatives & a close friend (interstate) insist on constantly talking about the bushfires - over & over again.

Not from their own experience - simply Dramatic Retellings (constantly) of what they have heard & seen in the media.

Being a trauma survivor, with Complex PTSD - I have found this very triggering & Re-triggering.

Then triggering again, as soon as I've recovered from the previous triggers....

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