Posted by 10derheart on December 14, 2012, at 16:15:53
In reply to horrid tragedy in CT - 27 dead in elementry school, posted by rjlockhart37 on December 14, 2012, at 14:16:47
Your post shows how much you care, M. You don't have your own children and I can read from your tone how horrified you are. I mention it just because sometimes it seems *some* people of your age group today are so disconnected and desensitized their empathy for others is damaged somehow. I personally don't want to believe that too much, but our society has changed so dramatically it is hard to understand anything any more.
I can't write or talk about this. I've turned off the news. You have to understand, it's too much. I am never one to say, "It will never happen to me, " or "it can't happen here." More the opposite.
And...
My granddaughter sits in a kindergarten class as we speak.
I can't.
PS: I know many won't understand and may vehmently disagree, but I will just get this out there: Unlike Scott, I don't see these nightmares as having much at all to do with controlling guns. I won't participate in the gun debate here, either. I may be a coward or a jerk, but I don't have the energy. Long term I want mental health detectors more than metal detectors. But neither type are infallible, and I can see the POV that if one fails we need the other. I see no real solution, as rj wrote.
I'm sorry. I am contradicting myself as I try to do whatever to not lose my f*&$ing mind right now.
MDD (presently in complete remission); ADD-Inattentive type; mild anxiety (not fomally dx'd)
Meds: Strattera 80 mg q day
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