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In reply to the discussion: Feeling overwhelmed by everything that is happening. [View all]VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)26. I know EXACTLY how she feels....I felt the same exact way about us after serving Jury duty
on a murder trial....
It shocked my very psyche....never been so disillusioned about humanity and America in my whole life as the day the trial ended....I literally had to leave town to purge my soul of the toxicity I found in that Jurors box.
I recommend going on a small trip someplace away from "people" for a couple days...it helped me cope..
(as that was my own and only jury duty....I am petrified of ever getting another letter to serve on one)
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Eventually it will go over the edge and all hell will break lose. I don't know what that
RKP5637
Dec 2014
#1
I was actually able to school a tea party type conservatice friend today on what's really going on.
ChisolmTrailDem
Dec 2014
#9
There are times we have to back off and let our minds and bodies heaal and rejuvenate.
No Vested Interest
Dec 2014
#3
As it was, as it always will be. This civilization is no more unique than the last.
DRoseDARs
Dec 2014
#12
Helping my wife with her mother. Sorry. This is the first time all day had a chance to read and
diabeticman
Dec 2014
#41
To worries, the media will move on and all of this will be forgotten soon....
Spitfire of ATJ
Dec 2014
#16
I know EXACTLY how she feels....I felt the same exact way about us after serving Jury duty
VanillaRhapsody
Dec 2014
#26
Sounds like you choose the first opportunities to miss the point of the OP...
MrMickeysMom
Dec 2014
#30