Posted by Noa on September 25, 2001, at 17:39:27
I think the sadness and grief (appropriate) that I have been feeling since the terrorist attacks have tapped into and stirred up some of my depressive feelings of powerlessness. Despite several months of feeling pretty much depression-free, last week I had two pretty bad days, staying home and sleeping as much as possible. I feel better now, depressionwise, but feel that all of the emotion around the horrible events of September 11 does make me vulnerable.
I think it is wise for people to keep tabs what and how much each of us can tolerate in terms of being in touch with the feelings and tuning into the news media, and also to balance that with not going into too much escape/denial. Where that line is for each of is is the tricky part.
This horror has affected all of us, to varying degrees of course, some quite directly, some quite indirectly. But we are all affected somehow, I believe. I think those of us not affected directly are vulnerable to feeling we might not be entitled to the feelings that have come up for us. But we are entitled to our feelings and it is important to be able to voice them.
I'd like to see this discussion continue, focusing NOT on the macro level (politics/national response,etc.)but on the personal, emotional level of how we have been affected.
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