why do people get offered water after a traumatic event? Or when in distress?

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why do people get offered water after a traumatic event? Or when in distress?

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Have you ever cried so much your throat kind of seizes up and hurts and you can’t breathe ?

Drinking water “tricks” you into doing something normal and makes your throat “remember” how to swallow normally.

It’s kind of a reset to bring the physical symptoms back under control.

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