From Newsgroup: alt.support.depression

Hi all. Been feeling pretty crappy today, and started thinking (which
usually doesn't help)... Anyone else find their emotional state is
strongly influenced by world events, even when you're not aware of those
events (like you haven't read/watched/heard the news at all, but only
learn of things later)?

I first connected this years ago at the time of the Boston marathon
bombing. Everything was normal, then I suddenly felt very bad, nearly overwhelmed by pain. It wasn't until several hours later that I saw the
news and found out what happened. The bombing happened a nearly the exact
time I felt the pain. I lived about 800 miles away. The only explanation
I had was that the I had felt the event without knowing of the event.

Anyone with similar experiences?

And, if I feel the pain of distant events, what happens when the entire
country (or the entire world) falls into pain-inducing chaos and violence?
Am I feeling Minneapolis? Ukraine? Everywhere else? If so, could
everyone just stop inflicting pain on others and let me have some peace?

Or is my mood just the result of the current solar storm frying my
brain...

~~Andrew
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From Newsgroup: alt.support.depression

Andrew T. wrote:

Hi all. Been feeling pretty crappy today, and started thinking (which usually doesn't help)... Anyone else find their emotional state is
strongly influenced by world events, even when you're not aware of those events (like you haven't read/watched/heard the news at all, but only
learn of things later)?

I first connected this years ago at the time of the Boston marathon
bombing. Everything was normal, then I suddenly felt very bad, nearly overwhelmed by pain. It wasn't until several hours later that I saw the
news and found out what happened. The bombing happened a nearly the exact time I felt the pain. I lived about 800 miles away. The only explanation
I had was that the I had felt the event without knowing of the event.

Anyone with similar experiences?

And, if I feel the pain of distant events, what happens when the entire country (or the entire world) falls into pain-inducing chaos and violence?
Am I feeling Minneapolis? Ukraine? Everywhere else? If so, could
everyone just stop inflicting pain on others and let me have some peace?

Or is my mood just the result of the current solar storm frying my
brain...

~~Andrew

it's always tough just after christmas
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