Korean media: South Koreans suffer severe psychological trauma from escape accidents, many people are reluctant to go to public places
Overseas Network, November 3rd. According to South Korea’s “Chosun Ilbo” report on the 3rd, the precipitous crash in Itaewon caused severe psychological trauma to more and more South Koreans. Many people are reluctant to go to crowded public places, or even reluctant to leave home.
Li Taizhu, a 32-year-old citizen who was in Itaewon when the tragedy occurred, said, “I have to take a crowded subway to work. I often feel breathless now. I remember the victims and it’s mentally unbearable.”
Seeing the incident on social media can also trigger emotional trauma for some South Koreans. A 28-year-old employee living in Uiwang City, Gyeonggi Province said: “I often go to Itaewon and I can’t believe it happened. I keep seeing photos of the accident online, which makes me feel bad and have a headache. “
Parents also worry about sending their children on a school trip. The mother of a high school student from Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, said, “My son is going to Jeju Island for a school trip soon. I don’t know whether to send him or not. Me and other parents are considering asking the school to cancel. travel”.
Lee Byung-hoon, a psychologist at Chung-Ang University in South Korea, said the Itaewon tragedy appears to have caused South Koreans great concern about security concerns in their daily lives, just as Americans felt afterwards. the 9/11 incident, which can lead to symptoms of anxiety, depression, panic, anger, lethargy and dissociative disorder. According to the Korean Society for the Study of Traumatic Stress, patients generally recover on their own, but if symptoms are severe, treatment is required.
As of November 1, the death toll in the stampede incident in Itaewon has risen to 156, including 26 foreigners. (Yang Jia overseas network)
