Quarantine of New York or any city or geographic region is EXACTLY the wrong response to trauma – Do NOT impose powerlessness and no-escape psychology on the people being traumatized. Imposing powerlessness and no-escape psychology on the people will INTENSIFY the trauma experience.

We want to increase feelings of power and agency, and we Never-Ever-Ever want to impose powerlessness and no-escape psychology onto the traumatized.

No.  No Quarantine.  Voluntary social and physical isolation – voluntary, power and agency, choice to do the right thing to protect oneself – DO NOT PSYCHOLOGICALLY TRAP THE TRAUMA VICTIM INTO THE TRAUMA!

Hopefully, this will not occur.

Craig Childress, Psy.D.
Clinical Psychologist, PSY 18857