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When disaster trauma makes long-term planning impossible

The disaster case worker wants me to make a five-year financial plan but I cannot think past next week without having a panic attack about what else might go wrong.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Hypervigilance and anxiety from traumatic loss narrow time perspective to immediate survival mode that prevents strategic thinking.

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“Where Are You with Financial recovery after disaster?”

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