The night before last I was standing in my back smoking and then all of a sudden wham! flashing red and blue lights right at my fence. The police were blocking all entrances to my apartment complex and not letting anyone (76 apartments) leave. I went to the front door to stick out my head just as my daughter catapulted thru it, frantic to know that my grandson and I had not been shot. There had been shots fired IN the complex. At first all we knew was that people had been shot, we didn't know if it was a random thing, a gang, thing or what. so we stayed inside with the doors and windows locked. Over the next few hours rumors flew. Many people watched from a short distance as body bags were brought out of an apartment in the back. The stories differ on exactly who it was but they all agree on one thing. A husband/boyfriend killed a wife/girlfriend and them turned the gun on himself. He was alive when he left in the ambulance, I believe it is thought that he no longer is. There is a story that there was a brother or friend there that was killed also making it three. There was a story that it was a mother of 4 that had been killed , then the next thing we heard was that the mother of 4 had been seen at the hospital after passing out from hearing that her parents were gone. So right knows except for the murder/suicide part of it. I have been waiting to hear in the news about it but we are a small town and evidentally dont rate air time. I guess I will check the papers. This kind of thing really shakes a person up and it reinforces my delusion that when I have mega panic attacks people start dying. Cause there you go- people have died. I just hope that was it and there is nothing more bad to happen. Yes I know it sounds delusional but I can remember every panic attack I have had and each time people I loved started dying. This time it hasnt been anyone I love but perhaps the close proximity will qualify and it is done. I pray its so.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
5 comments:
Death is a real eye opener. The emotions it brings just over come you. Your story is real scary. I know you must be going crazy trying to find out what happened. Take care.
Raine, It is scary when you see police in mass and the rumors start. The body bags don't help either BUT you know you and yours are safe. Your panic attack had nothing to do with it and another attack won't cause anyone else to die. There are so many people now that think killing will solve problems. It doesn't and your life is so important in the scheme of things so enjoy Mother's Day. I know the details will be in the paper soon and you can see just another case of some one not thinking straight.
Thank you for your comment on my blog. I have four sons and I am so thankful for them. I don't always understand them and visa versa. Have a great week!
Oh Raine, terrible. Check the news and all ... another person grabbing a gun and "solving a problem" - as Joyce saied, another case of someone not thinking straight.
And hopefully nobody will die in your family.
i hate it when stuff like that happens. but surely you can't even consider that YOU - or your panic attacks have anything at all to do with it.?
OR any past experiences either. you do know that. right?
when our recent 'thing' went down out here in soulland.. i know i didn't give away much detail about any of it-- i couldn't really. but i will say -- it involved my kid... and my first thought was -- "
bad things happen to my babies when i sleep. i'll never sleep again."
for a couple days i really thought it would be that way. i couldn't sleep. horse pills and all. just sit up- like a watch dog. we got a home alarm installed, and of course soulman re-assured me that nothing bad was gonna happen to soulkid- or me- or anyone else .. i was able to sleep again. and just cuz i was asleep when bad things happened-- none of it this time or the last time-- was anything i could have had a bit of control over if i was asleep- or awake. both woulda most likely happened regardless. ya know?
so, can you really tell me, that if you hadn't have had a panic attack at that moment - it would have changed that incident at all? one life? two? all of them? not one thing would have been different.
i hate to inform you my friend... neither of us are that powerful. we feel at fault so often, we think we are that powerful, and if we'da done just one thing different we could save the world and change the outcome of every relationship, every pain, every hurt, you and i also both know-- way deep down.. when we can think about it-- we're only human. we only have one brain cell left-- and it's tired.
just hang in there buddy--- you're actually doin better than you were a few months ago-- i kinda reckon i am too-- so hell. that's progress right?
i'm happy your daughter was there with you-
and hey-- don't give yourself so much credit--- you can't be at fault all the time-- not possible.
;00
love you pal-
soulioliolioliolioliol :))
Well, to use a phrase borrowed from my excellent History of Law Professor, Anton Schutz, you've covered the distance from coincidence to causality "in one giant, intellectual bound"! Noticing coincidences (ie, coinciding events), isn't delusional; it's a matter of fact. Believing those coincidences to be attributable to you is also not delusional; it is, after all, a possibility (though not one that most would entertain for long). However, believing that one is somehow responsible, however innocently, *is* a mistake, I think.
Matt
Post a Comment