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questions. Tips for Dealing with the Virginia Tech Tragedy
“Where do I go From Here? What do I do?” 1) Keep busy! Focus on
your projects and classroom assignments! Research indicates
keeping focused on day to day required tasks or routines helps
mitigate the effects of stress. 2) Seek out persons who care for
and support you. Share your reactions, thoughts and how the
experience impacted you. 3) Know that the reactions to trauma
described are normal responses to a very abnormal experience.
They occur in varying degrees of severity and type for each
person. 4) Limit the amount of time that you watch details about
the tragedy on TV. 5) “Baby yourself