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libodem

(19,288 posts)
4. I don't know if this is wrong
Sat Dec 15, 2012, 02:33 PM
Dec 2012

But sometimes I try to figure out where someone like that is coming from by imagining what they must have been thinking and feeling. The self worth of a shooter like that must be nil. They must be full of fear and self loathing to have no regard for life. A person like that must come to a conclusion that they are worthless and so therefore by extension, no other life has any value.

So bleak, stark, and hopeless. How many tragedies might be averted with mental health care for free and unstigmatized services. Even suicide hotlines should be ready to talk with such callers and have some information and referals, ready to intervene. I know this is far over simplified and idealistic but that is how I think. What was going in in their mind and could an early assessment and intervention could have helped. Also were they a Faux news watcher? I believe Faux is contributing to a National Psychosis, amongst the viewers who consume their brand of propaganda.

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