As many people have experienced, life can change in the blink of an eye.

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As we care for friends or loved ones who have experienced a trauma, it is of utmost importance that we keep an eye out for the development of any of these types of symptoms.

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However, we can look at conditions off in the distance and surmise whether what was just experienced was an isolated financial cold front passing through, or ongoing problems that have us in the eye of a storm.

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