13. Humanitarian pre-traumatic stress: become good at feeling bad

About this episode

This episode explores the concept of pre-traumatic stress among humanitarian workers and strategies to manage it.

Humanitarians and aid workers in general are no strangers to uncertainty and fear. But with funding suspensions, general confusion and political shifts, many aid workers are experiencing an overwhelming sense of fear, anxiety, and pre-traumatic stress. In this episode, we explore how to: - identify pre-traumatic stress, - become pros at feeling bad so we can - think clearly through the crises our sector is facing, - and redirect our energy to best support our needs and...

People in this episode

Host: Yasmina

Topics covered

• pre-traumatic stress
• humanitarian aid
• mental health
• anxiety
• crisis management

Keywords

• humanitarian
• pre-traumatic stress
• mental health
• anxiety
• aid workers
• crisis
• support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: humanitarian sector, aid workers

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