4th Blog Post: 921 Earthquake

For the past several weeks, I've been trying to find people diagnosed with PTSD. Unfortunately, I've encountered one of my biggest setback, which is not being able to get any patient for interview. I am very disappointed at myself for not being able to do anything about that. However, I am still trying and asking mainly because I really want to know how these patients feel. Aside from that, I've also looked more into articles, news, and websites about this disorder. I've found that  many people who witnessed 9/11 terrorist attack had been diagnosed with PTSD. I think this one of the reasons why the disorder PTSD sounds familiar to many of us. When I researched this disorder in Chinese, I've found that the government had been giving huge support and financial aids to PTSD patients who had been affected by 921 Earthquake, which is the second deadliest earthquakes that happened in Taiwan. After reading about this news, I immediately asked my parents, who were victims of this earthquake, about PTSD. They said that they've heard of it on the news during that period of time, but didn't know anyone diagnosed with it. Now I am trying my best to contact my relatives and friends and ask them about people diagnosed with this disorder. This will be my plan for next week. Also, I've started on the brochure that I am making for this project. I will be working on it at home throughout the week. I hope that my project can really raise awareness among the students and also help those patients, especially my friends, relatives, or family members, who suffered from natural disaster.