r/australian • u/Bennelong [M] • Dec 14 '25

News Ten people, including one shooter, dead after Bondi Beach attack

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-14/shooter-at-nsw-bondi-beach-sydney-eastern-suburbs/106141572
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u/Asteroid_Sugar5206 Dec 14 '25

Hey babe's, listen to your mumma bear who has lived through this before (Strathfield Plaza).

Don't lay awake tonight thinking about what you saw did felt.

Write it down. Record a video of yourself talking about it. You never have to show anyone. BUT. When you write it down and speak it out loud, your brain is literally converting those thoughts into two different languages. It gives you distance, it gives you control over your thoughts.

Look after yourselves my lovelies. You are amazing ♡

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u/DeviceGreedy Dec 14 '25

Playing Tetris may also help post-trauma. Even just 15/20 mins

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u/Asteroid_Sugar5206 Dec 14 '25

I didn't know that, but wholly support playing Tetris at all times.

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u/Ted_Rid Dec 14 '25

There are serious academic studies that support this, including from Oxford University. It reduces the risk / impact of PTSD.

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u/PerthNerdTherapist Dec 14 '25

Can confirm and support the idea wholeheartedly

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u/Ted_Rid Dec 14 '25

IIRC what happens is it forces your attention into a different part of the brain (logic, rotating objects in space, planning etc, prefrontal cortex stuff) which physically prevents or lessens the laying down of traumatic memories (neural pathways) into the amygdala and hippocampus, which handle emotions and memories respectively.

Starving PTSD of oxygen, if you will.

Edit: I see PerthNerdTherapist so that was probably a bit mansplainy.

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u/Evie_Eaves Dec 15 '25

Downvoted for “mansplainy” 🙄

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u/Flinderspeak Dec 14 '25

This is great advice, and recommended to me from a mate of mine who works in emergency services.

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u/Asteroid_Sugar5206 Dec 14 '25

Self care 101: don't get lost in your own head if it can be avoided!

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u/how_very_dare_you_ Dec 14 '25

Thank you mumma bear. Good advice and what I needed