Kesukaran yang dialami oleh emosi mangsa tidak kelihatan seperti kecederaan fizikal, tetapi kesannya adalah sama dimana keduanya menyakitkan dan melemahkan mangsa.
To conclude, our feelings towards these traumatic events, whether or not we are involved, are real. As such, it will go through the same described stages and thus paramount for everyone to realize that these stages are often a process. It may take time to fully come to terms with the traumatic event.