After the floods trauma is natural and reactions to all we have experienced directly or seen on TV need respect. Some people witnessed frightening or horrific scenes.
Spend time with people who care make time for enjoyable activities avoid working too hard and burning out don’t withdraw from friends and family avoid unnecessary physical risks do not turn to alcohol or drugs for comfort.
Access to social support is a key to starting to regain a sense of safety and control and spending time with friends and family and other community members is a critical component of making a recovery.
Online counselling on the Internet (either one-to-one or group) can be a real help. The [url=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Co-operative-Research-Centre-for-Young-People-Technology-and-Wellbeing]CRC for Young People Technology & Wellbeing[/url] is an example.