I am currently reading Brene Brown's Atlas of the Heart and this quote stuck out to me in relation to this piece: "Anguish is an almost unbearable and traumatic swirl of shock, incredulity, grief, and powerlessness." Maybe that is part of what some of us are feeling, because that describes how I have felt every time this has happened.
Amen. I feel so much the same way. What little voice I have and what little I can do, I try to do. But it feels like there is so little practically I can do to change things, that it feels like I need to protect myself from being overwhelmed with all the negative news. I do not want to stay angry or saddened so much of the time. Headlines are enough. Obviously, we pray. And sometimes that is not only the only thing but the best thing to do. But what more is there I can do is a big question I do ask God. Thanks for your honest reflections.
I am currently reading Brene Brown's Atlas of the Heart and this quote stuck out to me in relation to this piece: "Anguish is an almost unbearable and traumatic swirl of shock, incredulity, grief, and powerlessness." Maybe that is part of what some of us are feeling, because that describes how I have felt every time this has happened.
Amen. I feel so much the same way. What little voice I have and what little I can do, I try to do. But it feels like there is so little practically I can do to change things, that it feels like I need to protect myself from being overwhelmed with all the negative news. I do not want to stay angry or saddened so much of the time. Headlines are enough. Obviously, we pray. And sometimes that is not only the only thing but the best thing to do. But what more is there I can do is a big question I do ask God. Thanks for your honest reflections.
Wise words.
I have periods in which I avoid checking news, since it is too much.
Personally, I do not feel numb. But rather ignorant. A form of self-inflicted ignorance.
Maybe even childish sometimes, like a child that covers her or his eyes to not see the truth.
But it is a sort of coping mechanism.
How has your approach to numbing evolved, 6 months after you've written this? Any visible change to share?