Tuesday, September 7, 2010

9/11 Is Still With Us


9/11 Imprint Persists in American Brains, Bodies -- Discovery News

Nine years after the attacks of 9/11, the psyches of people who were even distant from the events, show permanent changes.

To elicit powerful emotions and vivid memories, all it takes for many Americans is the mention of two numbers -- 9/11.

Nine years later, studies suggest, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, continue to affect the way we think, remember and react to stressful situations. The actual trauma ended long ago, but for many people, measures of brain activity and body chemistry are different than they were before it happened.

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My Comment: An old girl friend of mine witnessed the 9/11 attacks from her Manhattan office window a few miles away. After the attacks, she moved back to Quebec and now lives in a small town 200 kilometers north of Montreal .... cities scare her, and when she goes to a city like Montreal she is only there briefly.

Yup .... the 9/11 imprint is still with us .... and for some .... even more so.

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