University of Nebraska Medical Center therapist Robin Zagurski, a disaster behavioral health expert, said the shooting can affect all moviegoers.
“It is pretty stunning,” she said. “This is stealing our loss of innocence, that escape we have when we go to the movies.”
Zagurski said it’s important to remember that the Colorado shooting is an isolated incident.
The public needs to give authorities time to find out what happened and work on prevention, she said.
“We shouldn’t let someone like this steal our lives from us,” she said. “If your life is going to the movies, don’t stop doing that. We need to go forward and do the things we’ve always enjoyed — and, if possible, reach out to someone when you know they’re isolated.”
The more connections people have in their lives — friends, hobbies, school, work, faith lives — the healthier they are, Zagurski said.
Violence happens, we can’t let those people who do that effect our lives. We have to do what we want to do & for me that is