| Work might be the last thing on your mind this week as communities across the country confront a relentless string of tragedies, Hope writes. - Employers have increasingly been taking note.
State of play: Mental health professionals over the past few years have seen an increase in requests from companies for trauma support training. - The country has seen more than 39 mass shootings so far this year in fewer than 30 days. And last week provided yet another example of police brutality with the release of a video showing the fatal beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols.
What they're saying: "We're experiencing a lot of compounded trauma," says Nicole Weis, director of community training and empowerment at the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience. - "We're also still reacting from the pandemic. We're reacting from global climate crises. We're reacting from the economy ... the war in Ukraine — there's all of these compounding stressors on us."
Between the lines: Trauma is defined by an experience — isolated or ongoing —that affects someone's sense of control and quality of health, according to Ruth Yeo-Peterman, a resilience programming trainer with the Center for Victims of Torture. - Secondary, or vicarious trauma, is a unique experience of taking on someone else's trauma through exposure to or information about it.
- Injustices within workplaces and organizations can compound traumatic stress, she adds.
Meanwhile, companies becoming more aware of trauma's effects can build support systems to help people connect with one another, express themselves and feel a sense of release through action, such as advocacy work. What to watch: "It's completely normal to feel distracted, to have trouble sleeping, to feel a little anxious" for a few days or weeks after an event has taken place, Weis says. - If it's been more than three or four weeks and things are still not feeling better or have gotten worse, you or your team may want to seek professional help, she adds.
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