Fear Fatigue

[AlienGirl]

I realized tonight as I was trying to scare myself with trips through ideas of The Worst That Could Happen that I am suffering from a sort of fear fatigue.

Nothing scares me the way it used to. Instead, I find myself bypassing fear and feeling something oddly akin to anger--an emotion I'm rather unused-to.

Anyone else hitting a state of fear fatigue?

Tucker

[beyurslf]

1. Yep. That's what happens when we are constantly

told to be on the look out and that another strike is immenent. Look at Israel. They go about their daily lives in the midst of constant terror. It becomes commonplace.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. We are quickly reaching this as a naiton

this is an unexpected source of anger against the Shrub, I do hope so

I made a decision back in 2001, after 9.11 to live brave... hence I have not been afraid, but rather have been laughing at neighboors as they get ready for the attack that never comes.

You are not alone by the way

[demgrrrll]

3. I agree completely. I actually felt a little anxiety over those first

alerts. I realize that moron and his cohorts are the least likely people to make this world a safer place.
That makes me angry. Very angry. Fear and anger are very closely related.

[cosmicdot]

4. I've like the word "angst" ever since Lily Tomlin used it in her 'comedy'

after having experienced fear, anger, the gestapo environment, etc., what is now coming to a neighborhood near everyone, at work, in corporate america ...

it was me vs. the good ol'Bush-Cheney boy ... we are the haves and are lining our pockets at the expense of the company (community) ... mindset ...

I found the word 'angst' was one I could identify with (in the end, I 'won', so sayeth my lawyers, but still recovering and suffering post-traumatic syndrome from the battle for my 'democracy') ... it was a preview of things to come ... the current Big Picture ...

and, I can tell you, it's not healthy for an individual ... and, certainly not for the mental/general health of the population-at-large ...

but, many of our people have experienced similar suppression, oppression and repression because of, for example, their socio-economic conditions, i.e., the poor in their neighborhoods ... I believe we've lived in some stage of a police state for some time now ... those little sniffing dogs at Newark airport ... Poppy Bush's War on Drugs (or don't compete with one of the family's main businesses) brought much of the police state mindset locally ... now, being Ashcrofted on a broader scale ...

one has 20 seconds to open the door, or they're coming in (unless, of course, you have the means to fence your property and have security to buy extra time)

I support a Party platform plank:

implement a policy which proactively investigates, including direct participation from citizens, institionalizes and implements ways to reduce stress and anxiety in our lives and society


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