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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mariam Fam

Struggling with your mental health after surviving a disaster? Here's how to look after yourself

Be-Well-Wildfires Trauma - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

There’s the initial shock and chaos in a collective disaster like the deadly and destructive California wildfires. What to take and what to leave behind when ordered to evacuate? Will your house still be there?

Later, for many, there’s the grief and pain of actually losing a home, the countless threads of daily life woven there, the sense of safety it once provided. The stress, uncertainty and financial challenges of piecing a life back together.

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