Crime detonates psychological damage

• April 20, 2024

Being a victim of a violent or criminal act is common that generates psychological damage in a person. Emotionally, people experience fear and nervousness during and immediately after the attack suffered, which may persist for several days, weeks, and months afterwards.

As a way to prevent the psychological damage caused by this type of violence, the insurer Marsh Brockman launched a new anti-crime policy that covers companies with operations in Mexico against acts of organized crime, sabotage and terrorism, as explained in the following video of ChainTresNews :

The effects of criminal acts are diverse. Immediately there are reactions associated with the experience of strongly stressful events, but with an important variation: the situation is such that the responses of flight or aggression are inhibited, are not feasible.

After a moment that tends to be described as eternal for those who live it, those who carry out this psychological damage leave and leave the people frightened, indignant, with the feeling of helplessness and stupefaction before the violent intrusion in their daily lives, according to with the site psicologiacriminologica.com

Not only the psychological damage is reflected in the emotions, but it also manifests physically: increase in heart rate, tremor, cold and sweating associated with the experience of danger. The fear that is felt at the moment of the fact, can be transformed into anguish and anxiety.

The generalized threat already supposes the adoption of a defensive attitude and of distrust before the other unknown; However, people who are victims of crime see this attitude accentuated. It is common to observe certain patterns of avoidance.

The social space is lived as threatening or insecure, the other is valued as a potential enemy and there is a sense of fragility and personal threat. Seen from any perspective, it is a situation that threatens mental health and forms of relationship with others.

Although violent acts become part of daily life, the life of a person who has been affected by violence is altered in one way or another, so it is important that you go with specialists to provide guidance, help and coping strategies to overcome psychological damage.