Chapter 25 · Mental health and personal safety
25.15 Common mistakes
- Thinking that asking for emotional help is for the weak; waiting until you "can't take it anymore."
- Watching disaster news and social media all day.
- Forcing someone to talk about what they went through.
- Letting one person decide and carry everything until they are exhausted.
- Posting on social media that you have a generator, gasoline, or that the home is empty.
- Paying in advance to the first contractor who knocks on the door.
- Giving your Social Security number or bank details to someone who called you.
- Arguing in a line over a case of water.
