Tips for processing a tragedy following Stockton mass shooting

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Stockton assemblage is inactive reeling aft a wide shooting took the lives of 4 people, including 3 children.

The convulsive transgression happened during a child's day party.

The victims were ages 8, 9, 14 and 21 years old. Eleven others were besides hurt, including a 9-year-old child.

With galore mourning the lives mislaid and searching for answers, it could beryllium hard to process the trauma that happened -- particularly for younger kids.

"It is sad," said Dr. Amy Parks, the Executive Director of NAMI Fresno. "It is scary and confusing."

Dr. Parks explains that portion sharing accusation with younger children is important, marque definite it's astatine an age-appropriate level.

"I deliberation it's besides important to permission country for them to inquire questions," said Dr. Parks. "I deliberation that it's good for adults to share, not in-depth, however we consciousness astir what has happened, but we tin validate those thoughts and feelings that kids mightiness not beryllium capable to articulate."

It's besides important to springiness kids a harmless abstraction to speech astir their feelings. Dr. Parks adds to ticker retired for immoderate changes successful behavior, specified arsenic changes successful appetite oregon feeling disconnected, to sanction a few.

"If you spot that a child's slumber regular mightiness beryllium a small disruptive, they're having much nightmares oregon waking up a lot, that mightiness beryllium a grounds they're having trouble processing," said Dr. Parks.

As for adults, Dr. Parks says it's communal to consciousness each kinds of antagonistic emotions erstwhile they perceive astir a traumatic situation, and that puts america successful a susceptible state.

"We effort to propulsion them away," said Dr. Parks. "It's truly important to consciousness them, consciousness those feelings. The much you fto yourself consciousness it, the much your encephalon is going to process those feelings."

While it's important to admit the antagonistic feelings, it's besides bully to effort and acceptable limits for yourself. Mental wellness experts besides stock this advice.

"Focusing connected gratitude," said Dr. Parks. "There is subject down the much you absorption connected gratitude consistently each day, it rewires your encephalon to consciousness much affirmative intelligence health."

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