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Update on the survivors of the Sewol Ferry accident
Article: [Two Months Since the Sewol Ferry Tragedy] Danwon High School students fear 'trigger words'...
Source: Joongang Ilbo via Naver
"They say 'time is medicine' but how much time must pass? For now, the stress and trauma seem to be getting worse."
Those were the words of the parents of two Danwon High School students. Out of the 75 students who survived the accident, only three have returned to school while two remain in the hospital for additional treatments. The remaining 70 are living and taking school lessons together at an institution in Ansan.
They start their day at 7:50 am and end classes at 4 pm. However, they don't return to the dorms their parents are staying at until past midnight. The students are said to be ignoring their parents and staying only within the confines of their classmates, the reason being that "the parents don't know what happened". The parents can only guess that the students fear being used for other benefits.
Their conversations revolve around celebrities, soccer, make up, and shopping. Any words related to the Sewol Ferry accident are deemed trigger words and thus banned from every day conversations. The students and of course the parents follow the rule. Nobody watches TV in the dorms in fear of hearing the words and the students refuse to wear their high school uniforms when going to the hospital or leaving the institution briefly in fear of people associating them with the accident.
A parent had to say, "There are a lot of students who are still receiving treatments at the hospital for severe stress. There's a child who can't go through a day without depression medication and others who can't sleep without sleeping pills." Last week, a student who had been suffering from insomnia randomly had a nose bleed that required 119 assistance.
The students have also been heard often saying, "You never know what's going to happen to you anyway..." Parents said, "Whenever we hear the kids say that, it breaks our world. We're worried as to how to deal with the trauma as they continue with the rest of their lives."
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Source: Joongang Ilbo via Naver
"They say 'time is medicine' but how much time must pass? For now, the stress and trauma seem to be getting worse."
Those were the words of the parents of two Danwon High School students. Out of the 75 students who survived the accident, only three have returned to school while two remain in the hospital for additional treatments. The remaining 70 are living and taking school lessons together at an institution in Ansan.
They start their day at 7:50 am and end classes at 4 pm. However, they don't return to the dorms their parents are staying at until past midnight. The students are said to be ignoring their parents and staying only within the confines of their classmates, the reason being that "the parents don't know what happened". The parents can only guess that the students fear being used for other benefits.
Their conversations revolve around celebrities, soccer, make up, and shopping. Any words related to the Sewol Ferry accident are deemed trigger words and thus banned from every day conversations. The students and of course the parents follow the rule. Nobody watches TV in the dorms in fear of hearing the words and the students refuse to wear their high school uniforms when going to the hospital or leaving the institution briefly in fear of people associating them with the accident.
A parent had to say, "There are a lot of students who are still receiving treatments at the hospital for severe stress. There's a child who can't go through a day without depression medication and others who can't sleep without sleeping pills." Last week, a student who had been suffering from insomnia randomly had a nose bleed that required 119 assistance.
The students have also been heard often saying, "You never know what's going to happen to you anyway..." Parents said, "Whenever we hear the kids say that, it breaks our world. We're worried as to how to deal with the trauma as they continue with the rest of their lives."
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