"New Orleans is experiencing what appears to be a near epidemic of depression and post-traumatic stress disorders, one that mental health experts say is of an intensity rarely seen in this country. It is contributing to a suicide rate that state and local officials describe as close to triple what it was before Hurricane Katrina struck and the levees broke 10 months ago." NYTimes
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Wow. That's terrible...and sadly, not that surprising. A few of my friends have only recently started to realize that maybe the hurricane affected them (emotionally) more than they thought; both their own psyche as well as their relationships with others.
I never understood what post-traumatic stress disorder was until now.
It seems like its been especially difficult for those who have moved back to the city only to find it in stagnation - with little exception, a lot of people feel like zero progress has been made since september. Besides the loss of lives and personal property, to see a city we all loved so much reduced to barely a shadow of its former self....well, that's not easy.
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