In April 2013, bombs that exploded in the Boston Marathon killed three individuals and injured more than 250 others. Two years just after the bombings, only a few survivors seem to be taking advantage of totally free wellness programs meant to help survivors cope with anxiety, stress, insomnia and some other kinds of invisible injuries that can be just as serious as losing a limb.

According to reports, only 42 survivors took remedy for such troubles via the 1 Fund Center. The totally free wellness program was launched in September to help the victims who received payouts from the key charity established in the wake of the blasts.

In October, the Massachusetts Resiliency Center was opened with an aim to assist with mental and behavioral health issued suffered by a number of people by the bombings. According to the center, it has served just a few hundred. According to organizers, they fear that it could take years for survivors to understand the emotional toll.

Dr. Rebecca Brendel, a psychiatrist who is healthcare director for the 1 Fund Center, said that only a few people took remedy, but according to her, she is not surprised at the muted response.

She said, "We usually expected that demand for traditional psychiatric and mental well being care would not be high. This is a population that is incredibly resilient. This is not a fundamentally traumatized population". Brendel said that the organizers do not want to identify the people as mentally ill.

Eric and Ann Whalley of Boston had suffered some physical injuries in the attacks. According to them, they did not take benefit of counseling solutions. They said that they handed the issue on their own way.