hannah, toni, melanie, surviving the atomic attack on hiroshima
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Hannah, Toni, Melanie,
SURVIVING THE ATOMIC ATTACK ON HIROSHIMA
EARLY MORNING• August 6, 1945
• Sun rose in the clear blue sky
• Warm day
• No sign of this day being any different
WHO HE TRIED TO FIND, AND WHERE THEY WERE TRYING TO GET TO
• His wife Yaeko-san
• The hospital
SCENES THE VICTIMS SAW • Homes have collapsed
• Dead bodies
• Survivor guilt
HYPOCENTRE• The area
• The people were instantly vaporized
• Their hair fell out
“BLACK RAIN”• Rained for one hour at the hypocentre
• Contained radioactive elements
• Created from the fission of uranium
KELOIDS• Radioactivity injured the inner tissues forming keloids
• Keloids are the scars left by the burns that end up swelling
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS• Death imprint and death anxiety
• Death guilt/survivor guilt
• Psychic numbing
• Suspicion of counterfeit nurturance
• Struggle for meaning
FIVE SYMPTOMS• Depression
• Nightmares
• Anxiety
• Survivor guilt
• Inability to verbalize the traumatic experience
• Regressive methods of dealing with aggression
PTSD• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder