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The Characteristics of a Person in Crisis
| Response |
Characteristics |
| Physical |
Crying, yelling, nausea, headache, trembling hands, restlessness,
dizziness, fainting |
| Intellectual |
Denial, confusion, inability to concentrate, forgetfulness,
fantasies of suicide |
| Emotional |
Anger, irritability, panic, fear, helplessness, sadness,
loneliness, guilt, embarrassment, feeling of being overwhelmed, |
| Social |
Feelings of withdrawl, isolation, paranoia, lashing out at others,
rejection of others, rejection by others, desire to get away or escape |
| Spiritual |
Bargaining with God in an attempt to control the situation, angry
at God, renewed or shaken religious beliefs, feelings of being blessed or punished |
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