PORTER, Texas – For a lot of us, another round of storms stirs familiar and uncomfortable feelings after all the recent flooding, the deadly derecho that caused so much damage to the Houston area, and the very idea that we are now in what’s expected to be a threatening hurricane season.
Hurricane Harvey and other major storms have also taken a lasting toll on some residents over the years.
The threat of losing it all again is raw and real and a lot to deal with.
“I know it sounds a little silly, but, you know, I raised plants and I just had numerous plants that I’ve had for three years, and they’re just gone and, you know, things the crafts that I do, they’re just all washed away,” Porter resident Brandy Olson told KPRC 2 during our stretch of severe weather in May.
Olson was leaving her home on foot and wet the morning of May 3, navigating a flooded Martin Drive.
She said the water was at her doorstep, and it came up fast. She left with three bags of clothes and keepsakes.
“Disaster trauma is a very real thing. And in this case, we’re talking about flashbacks of, well, another flood. My home might get flooded. There’s rain. What’s going to happen to my family? What happens to my cars, my people, my pets, my places?” trauma therapist Chau Nguyen said.
Nguyen, a licensed therapist, works for JEM Wellness & Counseling.
She offered the following advice:
“What I would encourage you to do is as you’re worrying and seeking support, just know that if you can just take a step back and look at it, for it, for what it is and just remain calm and look at the facts. Maybe that obsessive worrying that you’re looking at. That could lessen it.”
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