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48 Day 2 . Life is turned upside down ( continued )
TO THE TRAINER
PART II : THE TRAINING
KEY POINT
Aim . To take the story forward , making sure that participants understand its metaphor in the same terms as the storyteller .
This section of the story
• Recounts the turning point of the story .
• Illustrates trauma reactions .
• Identifies reactions in the five focus areas .
Continue the story .
Ask the participants if they recognise what happens in a community when conflict and unrest arrive , even before women are affected directly . Make this discussion brief . Its purpose is to make sure that the participants understand what is happening in the story . Then continue .
EXERCISE
Exercise 5 . Identifying trauma reactions .
The story describes the main reactions or survival strategies that human beings display when they are faced by life-threatening events . All the main ones are mentioned in the story .
Encourage the participants to identify each of the reactions and write it down as it is named :
• Fight .
• Flight .
• Freeze .
• ‘ Playing dead ’/ submission .
This exercise illustrates the reactions and emotions that people display when they are in threatening situations . Make sure that participants can identify them when they occur in the story .
Validate the participants ’ answers when they show that they understand trauma reactions . ( For more information on symptoms , refer to Section 1 of Part III .)
TEACHING INSTRUCTION . At the end of the exercise , encourage everybody to take a deep breath .