tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026675184399872103.post4933240090696275678..comments2023-04-29T06:43:48.053-04:00Comments on The Big Picture: DV Skyrockets Among Poorest Katrina EvacueesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8026675184399872103.post-67236541319157237862009-06-04T04:34:32.199-04:002009-06-04T04:34:32.199-04:00Speaking firsthand (and hopefully the point intend...Speaking firsthand (and hopefully the point intended comes thru)..<br /><br />What I remember of total wipeout by Hurricane Andrew, one of the greater things that happens is that vulnerable, already browbeaten persons can be and are doubly worked over by any number of other persons beyond one's significant other in a disaster's aftermath.. It becomes an animalistic feast of survival of the fittest and goodness help those others know are or who can be perceived as vulnerable.<br /><br />At a loss for just the right words, but...<br /><br />It's not just that the SO's violence increases over and above due to the unbelievable stress and survival strategizing that disaster brings to all in an affected area..<br /><br />DV victims are already at a disadvantage with respect to <i>disaster recovery</i> because their otherwise [Life-preserving] defenses have been so (verbally or otherwise) beaten into submission pre-disaster..<br /><br />At that point, we're not just talking about storm-related PTSD for victims of DV along with the [catatonic] state that can already carry with.. We're now talking about PTSD on top of PTSD on top of for who knows what all other circumstances previous..<br /><br />Because of the compound nature of things, any hope, any wherewithal someone <i>might</i> have had to escape, say, DV is effectively annihilated in the face of disaster.. For those experiencing violence newly due to disaster, again self-protective defensives are depleted due to the disaster itself, leaving them much more vulnerable to this type of behavior.<br /><br />Warmest from Talking Rock...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11898311279323737165noreply@blogger.com