Anyone else anxious, depressed?

[Miss Phode]

I can't sleep. I feel sick. I can't eat. I'm not the only one. Anyone else wanna talk about it?

[Piasabird]

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I assume this is in reference to what's happening in the aftermath of Katrina.

I felt like you do when 9-11 happened and I went into a major depression that lasted for months. I'm purposely trying to avoid the news reports and such now because I do not want the same thing to happen to me this time. I do not want to go back on antidepressants and so I do what I have to to protect myself. I will donate money. I will donate supplies, but I just cannot listen to the stories of human trajedy.

I think that the thing that hurts me the most when things like this happen is man's inhumanity to man. I can halfway understand the people looting food and supplies ...... but Nikes and jeans? Give me a break! And people shooting police officers and shooting at rescue helicopters? Why?

[MotherOfGizmo]

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Why is right! It is turning into a very scary place. Rapes and shootings, car jackings etc. Unbelievable! I cannot for the life of me figure out why anyone would want to shot at resuce workers! They have to travel with armed guards now for fear of their lives!

I am having nightmares about this whole situation.

[Peytonn]

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I was that way after 9-11... worse than now.....

[Finelly]

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Aphex - describe what's going on..........how are you doing?

[sadie147]

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I am at my cottage and away from CNN for the weekend, and i'm actually relieved that i am. i need a break from watching this horrible story unfold. i feel so helpless watching it...it is like 9/11. it's almost emotional overload. it's hard to even comprehend.

[Barbde]

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I am looking forward to a weekend of baseball. I am definitely feeling anxiety symptoms and trying really hard to keep them in check!! Need to turn off the TV and back away. Only problem is I still need to keep an eye on the tropics and what they may be bringing... Hang in........

[mcotton]

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It really tears your heart apart to see all the violence. I wonder if the people from the tsunami acted this way...I don't think they acted so hateful and so demanding and heartless.

[Miss Phode]

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I wonder how I would behave if I went 3 days without food and water, saw my dead friends, family, neighbors floating by, etc. I can't say I would behave like a civilized human being. I still don't understand why the help was so slow in coming.

Sorry I didn't respond to my own post sooner. I fall apart just thinking about the horror these people have lived through. My husband has banned me from watching the news, because I can't handle it.

When gas became scarce around here (no longer an issue from what I can tell) I started worrying that a hurricane might come in our direction this time, and how could we get away if we had no gas for our vehicles? I started imagining my community in a similar situation to those in New Orleans.

My thoughts seem paranoid, even to me. I just immediately started imagining experiencing the same horrific tragedy our fellow citizens in Lousiana and Mississippi went through. Seems silly, doesn't it?

[Piasabird]

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My thoughts seem paranoid, even to me. I just immediately started imagining experiencing the same horrific tragedy our fellow citizens in Lousiana and Mississippi went through. Seems silly, doesn't it?

I think that sometimes the mind just works like that. A mentally handicapped couple was viciously murdered 2 houses down from me a long time ago. I slept on the livingroom couch with the lights on for three days. I was so paranoid that the killers would come back and try to kill my family. I know that it was pretty silly, but I couldn't help myself back then.

Just give yourself some time. Be extra kind to your family, friends and neighbors. Be greatful for what you have and pray for others.

[theredhead]

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I, too, have felt a bit depressed and a bit anxious about things. In thinking it over, I've decided that it's survivor guilt. My life is pretty good, even if my finances aren't, and I feel guilty about it. I worry about the impact that this is going to have one EVERYONE. We will all have to pitch in and help these folks for a long time to come. This will change the face of our communities, even. How will the schools cope with the influx of students? How far will the gas prices go up?

I'm grateful to read about the many other countries who have offered millions of dollars to help us. God is good and I know that there will be many good things that will come out of us. It's just a shame there's so much suffering and it's so hard to know how to help sometimes. Sorry, I'm rambling......

[Miss Phode]

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I was just listening to public radio on my lunch break. A volunteer doctor said that the police, are driving away volunteers, telling them they can't be of help, to leave it to the professionals, but there is NO organized effort. People (volunteers) are wandering around, searching houses, and because there is no organization, the same houses are getting searched over and over, the same people are getting missed over, and over, etc. How frustrating. They're telling people to leave, when really they need people to come help. People are fighting over control of the situation, when there is no control. How sad!

Another usesless fact...
There are 100+ FEMA trailers parked near the interstate where I live (in Venice Florida) that were brought in to be used by victims of Hurricane Charley last summer. These trailers were never used, and are STILL sitting in a lot, vacant, unused, when they clearly could be used in this situation. The mismanagement makes me ill.