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By: Jessica Larche
and last updated 2021-05-28 08:26:32-04
NORFOLK, Va. â Monday marks two years since the mass shooting in Virginia Beach that took the lives of 12 people. The trauma, even years later, can still be difficult to process â especially during a pandemic.
âWe find ourselves at a point where we can t even recover from one trauma before we re exposed to another trauma,â said psychologist Dr. Barbara Shabazz. â[Those events] do shatter our sense of security. They leave us struggling with a lot of different emotions, memories, and anxiety that sometimes won t go away. Our bodies can t sustain that type of state long-term.â