Another Freeking Mass Massacre

[Carsman]

hello lovely people of mock - I haven't been here in literally forever but I found myself back here last week. I don't really have a reason for posting today other than the fact that I live in Dayton just minutes from the Oregon District where the mass shooting happened less than 2 weeks ago. It's been a bit of a blur. I am finding myself totally obsessed with the details of this case. I don't know if it's because I frequent the area and work 2 blocks from where the shooting occurred or what. I have friends who know the shooter, know his parents, it just hit so close to home. Has anyone else in here ever been through something like this? I'm finding myself spacing out, unable to concentrate, totally obsessed with any information that comes out about the case, digging deep into the depths of the internet late into the night looking for I don't even know what. It's been such a weird couple of weeks. Our town & community is so strong but there is just this thick heaviness in the air every single day. I can't believe this is the world we live in.

Hi tlynne, don't know you at all but I know what it feels like to be bewildered. Many years ago My friend was shot right
in front of my eyes! He wasn't killed, but it looked like it at the time. It was very difficult to get over that trauma!
He is now semi-crippled, but he's alive.

Anyway, I was unable to sleep through the night for quite some time after that ordeal. It's only human.
I don't tell this story very often, and I really don't know why I am now, maybe it's because I was where you are now.
It will take some time, but it will get easier.