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NEW: Reporters who survived the deadly Capitol riot are still struggling. Some won’t go back into the building. Several have sought therapy to deal with trauma. Many still aren’t sleeping well. trib.al/jC0jpXj

All of the reporters interviewed for this story are worried that the Capitol riot won’t be a one-off attack.

“We’ve become very complacent in thinking the U.S. is different,” said Bloomberg News reporter Erik Wasson. trib.al/oiFNnab

“It’s eerily back to normal. But sometimes It feels like one of those horror movies, like the end of Jaws," said Wasson. “Everything feels copacetic on the beach. But you wonder if there’s anything out there.” trib.al/oiFNnab

Ginger Gibson, a politics editor at NBC News, has covered natural disasters and murder scenes. But this was different.

“That day we weren’t just observers. We were one of their targets,” she said. “A lot of us reporters are having a tough time with that.” trib.al/oiFNnab

“I’m still not sleeping like I used to, even to this day,” said PBS NewsHour correspondent Lisa Desjardins. “I became kind of an insomniac.” trib.al/oiFNnab

“It’s my office, the building I love most in the fucking world. I used to call the Capitol my girlfriend. I’ve devoted 15 years of my goddamn life to that building,” said freelance reporter Matt Laslo, choking up. “Now? I don’t want to be there.” trib.al/oiFNnab

“I do remember just feeling unsafe in my house,” said Wasson. “It occurred to me like, I wonder if some protesters could show up at my house. [I was] trying to assess whether there was actually any danger to me and my family.” trib.al/oiFNnab

“The next day, I was so angry. So, so angry,” said congressional reporting veteran John Bresnahan. “Anyone who doesn’t want to come up here again, I don’t blame them at all, even a little bit, one iota.” trib.al/oiFNnab

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