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There are 2 comments on The Mental Health Toll of Another Mass Shooting

  1. Thank you so much for shedding light on a very important and highly relevant topic. It was very informative to hear Craigen’s expertise on mental health counseling. I particularly appreciated the discussion of how these shootings impact children and how parents can help children through feelings of fear or sadness. It is very important that we address these issues for children especially since there brains are constantly being molded by life experiences. We don’t want children to grow up with anxiety. I appreciate that there was a discussion of ways to seek help in this article. Often times, people do not know how to find help or if they even need it. I think that this article will encourage people to address their feelings rather than waiting and letting them pile up. I liked how there was not a push for mental health support in this article but rather an encouragement to find help if you need it. As a senior at BU who is about to embark on fully independent adulthood soon, I needed to hear an article like this that assured me that my anxiety and fear of the world is ok and if I ever need help addressing those feelings there are many resources available.

  2. No mention is made of getting rid of the members of Congress who refuse to vote for bans on assault rifles. It is these rifles after all that are responsible for the mass killings. If more people were politically active we might see an end to these mass killings.

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