The Difference Between Being on the Outside and Being on the Inside of a Crisis?

I would imagine that there's a deep need for silence after being in a crisis situation all day long. I'm just thinking about, you know, the difference between being really in it, right? Like being in the centre of something, and really being able to see in real time what the dynamics look like. It's so interesting when we watch the news, because our focus is some one else's driving our focus, right? And so i'm just wondering if there's anything to say about that, right? The difference between being on the outside of a crisisis, and having it narrated for you, and being on the inside of a crisis.