In the wake of a spate of mass attacks in China that saw two car ramming incidents and multiple knife attacks throughout the year, psychotherapist Sami Wong emphasises the complicated challenges people face.
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00:00With this kind of like sudden incident, it definitely not having one contributing factors.
00:16So given that people are still adjusting themselves after the pandemic, dealing with financial
00:21pressures and social changes, and also all the post-traumatic effects coming out from
00:27the pandemic, and I think they're still finding it very challenging to deal with it and to
00:32manage it.
00:33So I think it's very important to understand that how much they can better manage themselves
00:38emotionally and also mentally.
00:40I think after the pandemic, different governments, they already becoming very aware of all the
00:46mental challenges that arise from the pandemic, especially with the trauma they experience.
00:52So I believe that the system has been supportive enough and continue to be very supportive.
00:59But what's really lacking right now is really this education of how important emotional
01:05well-being is to us.
01:06And I believe that a lot of people still kind of having this social stigma of seeking therapeutic
01:13help.
01:14So even though the resources are there, they're very reluctant to use it.
01:18So I believe that psychoeducation is really the fundamental step that we need to consider
01:24before providing more service that nobody will actually come and use.
01:28So yes, being open-minded to this kind of service and support is really the positive
01:34sign of our younger generation.
01:37I believe that people really need to talk about the impact, you know, that this kind
01:42of event that have on them in their daily life, even though they're just watching the
01:47news, they're just reading the newspaper, reading the updates about this event.
01:52It doesn't mean that they're not being affected.
01:55So talk about it with their friends and family and also professional service.
02:00It's very, very important.
02:02The second thing is that really start to work on what we can do in order to promote the
02:08psychology to people in daily life.
02:11So they can start from parents, you know, from kindergartens, from teachers, basically
02:16everyone is responsible for this kind of event.
02:19No one can escape the obligations for this kind of promotion.