"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat
Post-traumatic stress is more common in children, with recurring nightmares or night terrors
The specialist stated that it can also be useful to train people on how to act in the event of violence.
"Health institutions must be ready to attend to the cases of anguish, anxiety and post-traumatic stress syndrome that are increasing due to the extreme violence that is experienced in the state of Zacatecas," said the psychologist and research professor, Osvaldo Álvarez Crespo.
The former director of the Zacatecas Mental Specialties Hospital, said that the upturn in the incidence of disorders related to the perception of insecurity is undeniable, which should be considered a public health problem.
In an interview, he affirmed that the anxiety and anguish due to violence that occurs in practically any environment, leads to poor performance in all areas of life, such as work, school and family, although it affects in very different degrees in each person.
Given the above - he said - it is necessary for health authorities to carry out information campaigns on emotional ailments and strengthen the capacity for mental care including spaces to provide "psychological first aid" 24 hours a day.
He commented that although everyone is exposed, post-traumatic stress disorder manifests itself more frequently in children, with recurring nightmares or night terrors. Typically, patients relive the fear of the traumatic event when they hear a loud noise or hear screams.
The so-called "avoidance" is one of the recurring symptoms; Álvarez Crespo explained that this consists of avoiding places where a traumatic event was experienced, even indirectly, for fear that something similar would happen again.
The specialist stated that it can also be useful to train people on how to act in the event of an act of violence, with the aim of giving a little greater sense of security.
It should be noted that Fresnillo and Zacatecas remain among the cities with the greatest sense of insecurity for fear of crime in the entire country, according to the latest National Urban Public Safety Survey (ENSU) published last month.
According to this survey carried out by INEGI, 94.3 percent of the inhabitants of Fresnillo consider that it is unsafe to live in their city, thus occupying the first place at the national level of the cities with the greatest fear of crime, while the percentage of the capital is 86.1.
I just finished writing a paper based on PTSD and narcoCulture.
ReplyDeleteYou should share it. Having lived on the border for decades I've experienced it first hand.
ReplyDeleteIt's so common in high gang concentrated areas in US etc that clinicians have begun using the term PTSD=Post traumatic STREET disorder. Just the chaos of the streets, constant vigilance and threats of possible harm. Growing up and witnessing excessive acts of violence, abuse, retribution etc.
DeleteI have PTSD from this website.This is a super insightful and well articulated article.While I always assumed most folks, some more than others,lived in fear the threat of PTSD never even occured to me. Don't know why as it should have been pretty evident but when you read these articles and view these photos from NYC you are so far removed.Thats why these articles, and these photos, and stories are so damn important.There is so much happening daily in MX that NEEDS to be exposed and websites like this help spread these scary stories and hopefully someday there will be enough disgust and enough backlash that maybe the right people will finally be so full of all of this that they will enact an actual plan.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt about it, this website is great, but as I've mentioned time and time again, this website puts blinders on most of its readers. It gives us the impression that all of Mexico is something out of a Hollywood war movie or a Netflix Narco series, or worse, a Mario Armada movie. When you focus on one aspect of the nation's problems it magnifies the issue. I've been to Mexico 4 times this year, gonna go 2 more times in December. Of all the years I've gone, and I've been going since I was 5, I've never witnessed any of the stuff we read about on this website. You can take my word for it, take this websites word for it, or experience it for yourself. I say, opt for the third. 😉
DeleteEven I who was a victim of pretty crazy violence in Mexico, I see my experience as a rarity and certainly out of the norm for 95% of the people who live there full time. But, damn, my heart bleeds for those who through no fault of their own live in the thick of it. Not to mention that every citizen is a victim of the corruption or some, the perpetrator of it.
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DeleteIf reading this website of the true facts, that happen in Mexico everyday, and you feel your getting PTSD, then you should not be on the website, nor the Reddit kids that cheerlead cartels. I myself am able to handle it, but when underground videos come on I don't watch them, I am happy with a written discription that Sol offers, the brain is not seniztized to see gory stuff.
Even I who was a victim of pretty crazy violence in Mexico, I see my experience as a rarity and certainly out of the norm for 95% of the people who live there full time. But, damn, my heart bleeds for those who through no fault of their own live in the thick of it. Not to mention that every citizen is a victim of the corruption or some, the perpetrator of it.
DeleteI used to go to TJ ALL the time when in my teens. However over the years it has gotten dicier for sure. I have never seen violence other than the occasional drunken brawl which happens in every country in the world, or at least ones where alcohol is permitted. I have been to Cancun, Monterey, Mazatlan, and I have spent time surfing all over Baja, Ensenada, and Puerto Nuevo in Oaxaca. Though tbh getting to Oaxaca has definitely gotten far more dangerous IMO. I have not gone in several years primarily because I relocated to NYC. Which has become its own shooting gallery with Bail Reform issues and the defunded Anti-Gun Crime Task Force.I realize of course not every person is an evil sicario and not every place is as dangerous as the ones we hear frequently mentioned on BB. That said it is very sad that such high percentages of peoples living in the cities mentioned in this report have to live under constant threat. Mexico is a beautiful country, and has mostly decent people. You are 100% when you say that these articles do unfortunately seem to paint the entirety of MX as a war zone and majorities of it's citizens are Cartel members. Very sad this war has persisted for so many years and seems to be getting worse from what I have read.
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DeleteHas mental illness, not allowed to have a weapon.
I am not permitted to CCW however, given the current state of things here in NYC, I take me chances with it most times I set foot outside. I'd rather have it, and not need it, then the other way around. The risk in being without defense far outweighs the risk of receiving a desk appearance ticket.In my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI took a shower, with nice warm water, then I shampooed my hair and ready to start a new day.
Delete@739 Wiley E. Coyote does pretty good with boulders, big holes, nets, etc. I think even the Cartels would have trouble killing that little #&@$!!
DeleteI fed my cat her favorite can of Friskies, chicken and giblet flavor, she thanked me profusely. Edgar Cat on the other hand was not a fan.
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