'I feel unsettled': Counselling hotlines flooded with calls after accident at Mirror concert in Hong Kong

Fans of Canto-pop boy band Mirror take pictures of a billboard featuring the group outside Hong Kong Coliseum.An accident involving a giant video screen crashing down onto a stage in the middle of a show by Canto-pop band Mirror has left 20-year-old Venus Chu unable to stomach any more information about the fateful night.

"I really wanted to figure out what happened, so I re-watched the videos multiple times," Yeung said. The Mirror fan added she was already sensitive to loud sounds and footage of people getting injured after witnessing a car crash four years ago.Videos of the incident went viral on Thursday night, as residents sought to understand what had happened at Hong Kong Coliseum.

"Most people possess the resilience to cope with these situations. After three days to a week, these reactions will dissipate as they employ various methods to de-escalate stress," she said. Timothy To Wing Ching, founder of the Post Crisis Counselling Network, emphasised the dangers of vicarious trauma, as those who did not personally witness the accident could be traumatised as they imagined themselves in the situation.

Experts agreed that watching graphic footage of the accident would damage mental health, but had different views on whether a reduction in posts would solve trauma resulting from viewing such footage.

Source: Entertainment Trends (entertainmenttrends.net)

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