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How truth commission workers cope with vicarious trauma

I was assigned to document testimonies for the commission and I can't stop dreaming about the stories people tell me during the day.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Bearing witness to collective trauma professionally creates its own form of psychological burden.

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“Where Are You with Truth and reconciliation commissions?”

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