Another Disaster Victim

DOI Web Site

Bibliographic Information

Other Title
  • もうひとつの被災
  • もうひとつの被災 : 大災害の当日生まれの青年の苦しみと回復過程
  • モウ ヒトツ ノ ヒサイ : ダイ サイガイ ノ トウジツ ウマレ ノ セイネン ノ クルシミ ト カイフク カテイ
  • Suffering and Recovery Process of a Young Man Born on the Day of Catastrophic Disaster
  • 大災害の当日生まれの青年の苦しみと回復過程

Search this article

Abstract

In this study, “suffering” felt by a young man who was born on the day of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and his process of recovery are discussed. He has no direct experience with the disaster. However, when he realized that his birthday falls on the day on which many people died, he felt peculiar stress. He came to avoid the topic of his birthday and was afraid of his birthday coming. Generally, talking about one’s own disaster experience plays an essential role in the recovery process from PTSD. However, in his case, it was most stressful that he could not talk to anybody about his birthday. Now, he is active in a group of storytellers. What changed the meaning of his birthday? He gradually acquired his own “expressive activities” through interactions with his parents and earthquake victims, especially bereaved families. This paper describes and analyzes the young man’s stress and the process of recovery as a personal history.

Journal

Keywords

Details 詳細情報について

Report a problem

Back to top