When O When will it Stop ??

[lukemason]

I don't know about you but the news nowadays is always bad
seems like ever sense 9/11 the news has gotten worst and worst
when will we ever catch a brake and get some good news for
a change I mean it's relay getting me down what with all the
reports of bombs going off here there and everywhere
kids being killed baby dyeing in surgery US troops
getting killed by the had full everyday political
shake ups Business shake downs I mean it's Enough
to make a grown man cry :'(

sorry for the long winded post but where it the light
at the end of the rainbow or something to that effect
something has got to give here because all this bad news
is killing me inside !


thanks for reading this I had to clear my head !

[3tbear]

I know just what you mean. I try not to watch the news that much 'cause it really is depressing.

[whitequeen96]

I feel for you, lukemason. I used to feel like that, too. But then I realized that this is the way the world ALWAYS is. Think about how scarey it was for people during World War II, when it looked as if the world would be over-run by some very real examples of the forces of evil. Or how it was during the Plague, or the great flu epidemic of 1917-1918, where MILLIONS of people died, and whole towns(eskimo villages in Alaska) would be wiped out.

The reason I'm telling you this is that it sounds to me as if you might be suffering from depression. This is a REAL sickness, not just for wimps! (Winston Churchill, possibly the greatest leader on the last century, had it.) Your bioligical chemicals can go out of balance and make you see everything through a very dark cloud. This makes it very hard to cope with any bad news, and makes you feel hopeless, as if things are never going to get better.

Your post shows that you are in New York. Winter can help to cause depression in many people, and this is an especially tough winter. I hope you don't mind me suggesting that you talk to a doctor and tell him/her how you feel. Ask about medication, and DON'T feel embarrassed about it! I take this medication (along with millions of other people) and it is a god-send! Taking this medicine doesn't mean you're crazy! It just gets your chemicals back in balance, so you can feel like your old self again. Mike Wallace, the old guy on 60 Minutes, who has been an incredible reporter for the last 50 years or so, is on this stuff permanently. He said something like, "If I had high blood pressure, I'd take medicine for it. Well, I have a chemical imbalance, and I'm going to take medicine for that, too."

Good luck, man, and if you feel like it, keep us posted!