GREENVILLE, S.C. —

An Upstate mental health counselor says experiencing the events surrounding Charlie Kirk's assassination may have activated people's "fight, flight or freeze" responses in their nervous systems, as they continue to process what happened.

In the immediate aftermath of Kirk's assassination at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, photos and videos were posted to social media platforms, documenting what happened.

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"Our fight or flight mechanism that's in the brain, when it comes online, we just can't help it," said Dede Norungolo, a licensed mental health professional.

Norungolo said older generations will experience an event such as Kirk's assassination or the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks as defining mome

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