Hannah, Toni, Melanie,

SURVIVING THE ATOMIC ATTACK ON HIROSHIMA

EARLY MORNING• August 6, 1945

• Sun rose in the clear blue sky

• Warm day

• No sign of this day being any different

WHO HE TRIED TO FIND, AND WHERE THEY WERE TRYING TO GET TO

• His wife Yaeko-san

• The hospital

SCENES THE VICTIMS SAW • Homes have collapsed

• Dead bodies

• Survivor guilt

HYPOCENTRE• The area

• The people were instantly vaporized

• Their hair fell out

“BLACK RAIN”• Rained for one hour at the hypocentre

• Contained radioactive elements

• Created from the fission of uranium

KELOIDS• Radioactivity injured the inner tissues forming keloids

• Keloids are the scars left by the burns that end up swelling

PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS• Death imprint and death anxiety

• Death guilt/survivor guilt

• Psychic numbing

• Suspicion of counterfeit nurturance

• Struggle for meaning

FIVE SYMPTOMS• Depression

• Nightmares

• Anxiety

• Survivor guilt

• Inability to verbalize the traumatic experience

• Regressive methods of dealing with aggression

PTSD• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder