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When false alarms trigger real trauma responses

There was a school shooting threat today that turned out to be fake but my hands were shaking for three hours afterward and I could not tell anyone.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A scare turned out to be nothing, but it shook you badly and you can't tell anyone.

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