Have you, or someone you know, ever reacted with disbelief to tragic news?
541143
Yea... it is shock reaction... it takes time for the reality of the news to sink in... and mostly the hearer does not want to accept the truth and the shock state may be followed by the state of denial... when my son had his accident and lay dying... and I was told about it... it took time for me to be able to get myself together and go to the hospital to be with him as he died... This reaction that you describe is a common reation, but it will be replaced over time with the acceptance of reality....
470178
I was sitting in my classroom. I got home from school, and a lot of people were at my house. And they were crying. I went over to my mom, and asked her why everyone was here and crying. She told me very quiely that my Uncle Adam and cousin Adam had died. They both worked in the twin towers, when...\nWell, you know.\nIt was just horrifying to me to hear that, you know...\nEverytime I watch the replay of that horrible scene, it just stays in my mind...
365845
Outside of those points...there are other students wanting to copy Columbine. Why must we focus on the bad news after it happens, instead of trying to figure out what causes it to begin with? \n\nI pray that the survivors, family members and community have grown stronger in themselves and together in spirit. I would never want to be in that situation for I know I am not strong enough myself to handle it. I saw people after it happened and how well they held their heads high. I would never be able to do that. Kudos and angels to them.
453079
Um, what he said....tragedy.
891050
I don't think so. But I know when I dishonor either of them, I may be happy about it at the moment, but in the end I feel the guilt. Sometimes when I think about how much/the look on their face of disappointment, I get mad/frustrated with myself for not knowing better.
250948
Believer.\n\nI know several incredible people who have it.  Seeing their anguish and their ability to survive through the most devastating abuse, leaves me with no patience for skeptics.  How can one be a skeptic of something they have zero understanding of?  Yes, I agree that there are some who "misrepresent" DID, i.e. feign having it when really they don't, but that does not take away the validity of those who really do have it and are in constant painful treatment to help themselves cope and live a better life.  The mind has incredible ways of coping with tragedy.  People who suffer from DID are usually creative and bright individuals who have suffered from terrible trauma in their childhood.  Since they have no ways of coping the mind splits off the experience.  See sidran.org for more information on this.  There are many good resources out there.  I am passionate about this subject since I have personally worked with individuals suffering from this disorder.  \n\nI hope this answers your question.
618730
Yes.  I was in a...situation, where I was very suddenly, and I mean suddenly in great danger.  Danger so brutally terrible, that I had no time to think and very well could have died a terrible death and there was nothing I could do to prevent it.  I didn't consider myself a very religious person, but when the time came, I instinctively asked for Jesus to help me.  When I say instinctively, I mean it was like a reflex reaction.  Automatic, and natural.  Help was delivered.  I know many folks won't believe me, and that's ok.  It's an honest answer.  He's there, here, everywhere.  It's a great comfort to me.  It's changed my life, as you can imagine.
650704
Well I didn't witness it, but something unexplainable by fact did happen to me. I call it a miracle.\n\nI had flown interstate to enrol at university. I rung the train company the night before to check which train I should catch to get to the university before 9.30 am. I was told to catch the 7 am train so in the morning I woke up early, got everything ready and was down at the station by 6.30. When the train pulled up however, I didn't get on it. I can't explain it, I just felt like I shouldn't get on that train. So I sat and waited for the next train which was 45 mins away (this was very out of character for me cos i HATE being late). Anyways, I caught that next train and halfway to the University we were told that the train before us (the 7 am one) had crashed. 8 people ended up dying in that accident and I still always think about it as it's quite eerie how I just didn't get on that first train!
622696
Yes.  A very close friend had been admited to the hospital with pneumonia and complications from his bone marrow transplant.  I woke up on a Wednesday morning feeling really bad and the bracelet he gave me broke.  I tried telling myself i was imagining things, but the next day, his roommate cxalled to tell my that my friend had passed away 10 minutes before I woke up. Ive had other premonitions too, but that stands out the most.
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i was at home getting ready for school. i was really upset becuase my cat had this awful tumor and he was going through so much pain and was going to die soon. when my mom saw the attacks on tv she statrted to freak out.. ikt scared me so much because i didnt know what was happening and to see my mom get scared was something unreal to me. my cat died 2 days later and basically my world was a fog. with the attacks i was just trying to find out who the bad men taking over the airplanes were, and why they wanted to hurt us. then when my cat died i was really upset. seeing grownups (my teachers, neighbors, parents) feeling uneasy and being upset was something new for me. when the people i looked up to didnt know the answer, i fell apart. i was scared of terrorists attacking my near-by chicago. i recently read the 9/11 report and it cleared a few things up. i will never really forget that day... and the says that followed. terrorism is somethign that cannot be forgiven.\n\n- noname, now age 13
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I think that when something terrible happens, its human nature to want to be optimistic. Can you imagine how it would feel to hear that someone you know was "dead" instead of being "missing"? It's like killing all hope that they may still be alive. It doesn't happen often, but miracles do happen and it doesn't hurt to have a little hope. The media is not often very considerate of the words they choose, but when they say "went missing" they do sound somewhat compassionate.
1156329
yes, one day when I was three I went to a garden were you can buy flowers with my family.I was just walking around when I saw a pond that looked like a puddle.I thought I could walk over what I thought was a puddle.When I stepped into the pond (which was 4 feet deep)I was suprised when I didn't feel the ground,I fell into the pond and had almost drowned I screamed to the top of my lungs and my dad saved me.I remember crying with my jeans soaking wet. My mom was so worried that she held me all the way home even when I was soaking wet.\n\n\n\n                                            The end
534468
I saw my uncle but ha had just died... like half an hour after his death...\nI didn't know he was dead...\nWhen i realised that , i freaked out..\nMy da saw him too. he said something like 'take care of my kids' and grabbed his arm. next morning my dad had my uncles fingerprints on his arm. But my uncle had died hour before that
98246
i cried for my aunt recently.\nher husband past away last year and she is going through a very rough time in her life-she is a second mom to me and it causes me great pain to see her hurting.
596296
Ya I feel that way too, I watched on TV them both blow up the first one I had my two year old kid in front of the tv and said "look honey they are going to space, a couple minutes later she wanted to know why there was fireworks... needless to say I fell apart emotionally when yet another one blew up in front of my eyes, I also saw Regan get shot, the Pope, JFK live on tv! So bad things happened before tv but seems like it really brings things to life.
122394
nice question!\nwell. i've had mixed experiances..\ni've actually had some really bad nightmares regarding my family members and loved ones.. not just once but a few no. of times n that too not just for a single person.. (strange is'nt it!)\nthankfully.. nothing wierd has actually happened.. to any1 of them.  \n\nbut i hv also had an experiance similar to urs.. \nnot too serius like an accident.. he just got fired!
1132756
maybe it was just shock