Mass Shooting at Fort Hood Military Base Kills 12

Thank you...yes I think everyone is just so in shock over this.  It is hard to know what to think.

Thank you Paul...

Yes it was just such a senseless action to take.  I do wonder what, if anything could prevent something like this from happening again.  More stories are coming in and...it still doesn't explain everything.

I really feel for the families of the victims.

Thank you for your comment.

Hey Judy

Wow...I really had not know those statistics.  I am so sorry about your son's psychiatrist.  I wonder what happens.  It shows a need for people in the helping profession to get help for themselves as well.

Thank you for your insights...

Dear MM, firstly, apologies for my absence from Site. As u know, am in withdrawals and barely getting from Day to Day but getting there and Ps.God will be more online next week.   That was  a Dreadful occurence. It is not uncommon though . I have never felt psychiatrists/psycologists Therapists to be immune from Mental dis -order or insanity. On the contrary, many are drawn to the illnesses of the mind because of their own pain, hence the interest in same. I have met alot of 'sick' psychiatrists over the years. Many out of  touch with reality and living within a small arena of a psychiatric hospital and hiding behind a Desk with Dr. x on it. Many have seemed to me to have lost all feeling, to be uneccessarily cruel, egocentric and sexual abuse isnot as rare as we think in that field....   With regard the person in question, I agree with Judy about the Anger and Fear going outward.    Ive always believed we all have a breaking point,its a tiny line between not coping,illusion and insanity.   Ive never felt that profs in the Mental health Arena are immune. Its very sad and may God help all those relatives, wives, children mourning.    The mind is strong and yet weak.

I think people who suffer and speak about their suffering [as in this helpsite] have a safety valve,an outlet, arent wearing the armour of 'youre ill, im well' . the prospect of Iraq isnot a great one. The song Waltzing Matilda says it all.

May those soldiers Rest in Peace.

Hello Rose!

Oh it is so good to see you.  I was worried about you.  I know that the withdrawals must be very difficult to deal with...actually I have no clue as I have never been through them myself.  Maybe when it is all done and over with you can write about your experience if you are up for it?

Yes this was such a terrible thing to happen...just unimaginable really...but yet these things do happen.  It makes one feel a bit powerless in the world...like anything can happen.  What solace is there for the families...I don't know.

Thanks so much for stopping by Rose.  Always love hearing from you.  Sorry you are not feeling well but I am hoping you feel better soon.

Hi Merely Me and all,  MM its amazing, it wasnt covered on any of the Irish stations and as u know, we've such a strong bond with the U.S.  It wasnt covered on the British or EC News either coz I checked... I think that life has become so cheap now that these things dont make headline news anymore.

These men/Soldiers hadnt time to say their prayers or say goodbye to loved ones, its a dreadful way to go. In battle the Spirit is aware it could happen but in the HQ where these  men were... When that Schoolkid shot the other kids on that Monday, it was all over the papers here and T.V. and BobGelfof here of the Boomtown Rats [a well known rock group] wrote a song about it 'tell me Why I dont like mondays, I want to shoot the whole world down.  He had been v upset by it.  MM I will write about the withdrawals  and I hope to let people know it can be done.  Love to all and thks again for your concern

Hey Fifi!

Yeah...sometimes watching the news can be hard...so many bad things happening in the world.  I don't have any answers either.  I just really feel for those families right now.

It is good to hear from you!