Living with PTSD after Itaewon: How running, meditation and giving became my coping tools
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A first-person account from Kim Nam-young, a JoongAng Ilbo reporter covering the Itaewon disaster, who reveals living with PTSD for over two years. The article explores how running, meditation, and charitable giving became essential coping tools alongside professional psychiatric treatment. It details the daily struggle of trauma survival, the stigma of mental illness in Korean society, and the slow, non-linear path toward stability and healing.
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bskyLiving with PTSD after Itaewon: How running, meditation and giving became my coping toolskoreajoongangdaily.comKey quotes
· 5 pulledI have PTSD.
I am only revealing the illness now, more than two years later, not because I have overcome it, but because I have learned to live with it.
Running became my meditation — a way to quiet the noise when my mind refused to be still.
Giving to others, even in small ways, reminded me that I was still capable of connection.
The path to stability is not a straight line; it is full of setbacks, but each step forward matters.
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