(CNN) - you could be alleviated or even ecstatic towards the end of a symbol of terror, or perhaps it seems that the pain barely begins all over again.
Two of these reactions to the death of Osama bin Laden, who was killed by US troops, Pakistan are natural, the experts say that.
Celebrations in Washington and New York, it seems that many people is happy. Songs "USA!" "USA!"radiated outside the White House and ground zero in New York as crowds celebrated the death of the terrorist leader, President Obama announced Sunday.
As to the collective psyche of the American will, it is logical that it is a moment of celebration, said the psychiatrist of the Columbia University Dr. Jeffery Lieberman. The country is uncomfortable emotional, with the economy slow, a feeling of losing his status as no. 1 in the world and a decade of anxiety suppressed on the threat of terrorism in America. Many, like the years of the second world war, these were uncertain times.
Then, rumours of the death of Osama bin Laden, confirmed by an announcement by the President, lifted this burden of pain and helplessness.
"In a blink of eye, the sadness and the doom and pessimism has dissipated," Lieberman said.
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But, although bin Laden has claimed responsibility for the destruction of the World Trade Center and the death of thousands of Americans, the effusion of celebration feels not good for everyone.
David Sirota, a columnist and contributor to the show felt uncomfortable with the jubilation because he said that there is a "difference between relief and euphoria."
"A euphoric response instead of dark relief suggests that we celebrate vengeance." We celebrate an end to the war, "he says by comparing with the euphoria of the public, the end of the second world war.
"What is a little scary about it: we were once a country that has seen violence as regrettable Act, but it is sometimes necessary.." "But we are not celebrating the end of violence, but the exercise thereof."
Josh Pesavento, 22, a student of journalism in New York who has photographed the crowds in Times Square on Monday morning, also found in conflict on the celebrations, he witnessed.
"I do not think that every person has the right to kill anyone, and I do not think that we should be applauded for even more loss of life." However, I think that in this situation, these persons can be applauded for the end of an icon which has led to the death of much, much too, "says Pesavento.
For some, Ben Laden represents an idea more than a person who lived and died. Most of the death of a human being, this ends the life of a powerful symbol of terrorism and destruction, said Nadine Kaslow, a psychologist at Emory University. Death of Osama bin Laden struck closer to home of the United States that the capture and execution of Saddam Hussein, for example, because the Iraqi dictator has not directly attacked U.S. soil, said.
The festive atmosphere reflects a sense that fairness and justice had been restored and that a terrorist had obtained his stick, Kaslow said.
"I think that people feel like this guy received what he deserved." This is a feeling that it was "our family" who was killed, "she said."
But there are probably other people who are not singing in the streets for which the death of bin Laden brings back painful memories of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, she said.
People who have lost loved ones on September 11, 2001, can have symptoms of post-traumatic stress syndrome and the murder of Ben Laden may open old wounds, said Lieberman.
"He is not back their relatives." It does not relieve their pain. There is so much more that the capture of bin Laden. "At best, they would be bittersweet: it is good to have the repair of this guy are gone, but the pain of their loss is very solid and very real," said Dr. Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, a psychologist at Yale University.
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Diana Massaroli, who lost her husband, Michael Massaroli, at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, said the news of the death of Osama bin Laden, made him feel a "quiet overall that I've not felt in 10 years".
"I feel better... as I can start a new chapter in my life."
Sirota and compared Kaslow death of Osama bin Laden to the execution of a convicted recognized murderer of the family, which can provide a sense of closure for some. In the case of bin Laden, however, there is fear of reprisals by terrorist groups.
"Relief also comes with a kind of sadness that victims may never be brought back and sadness in the world that creates one such author," said Sirota.
Even people who do feel the direct impact of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, will feel relief, Kaslow said. After all, everyone gets recalled insecurity which allowed each time they go to the airport.
Situation of the life of the terrorist leader is not also bring on sympathy - he was not hungry and fighting in a cave, but rather lived in a mansion, which adds to his perceived arrogance, Kaslow, said.
The news of the death of Osama bin Laden "allows us to put a kind of order" to the horror of the 9-11, because otherwise, "it is poignant, disconcerting when reminds us how unpredictable life may be death, and the world around us.""," said Sam Sommer, Professor of Psychology at Tufts University.
The reactions of the people are probably related to how emotionally and personally they felt events, 10 years ago, Sommer said.
"It seems to me that the emotional reaction had much to do with differences of how many people believe that this - if this is the right triumph poorly, many young people is this observation in this way", said Nolen-Hoeksema.
She noted that his young son and his friends were tweeting with enthusiasm the news in a tone that "is a villain, the good he finally - that is all that they see.". After all the Jack Bauer of "24" was directed on Twitter.
But the common factor was that everyone found it necessary to share news and comments - if she was rally across from the White House, or tweeting or updating their Facebook page.
"These events emotionally charged return us to our social roots and do us need to join with other people," said Sommer. Nicole Saidi CNN have contributed to this report.
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