Argh, I am feeling it hit me harder. Time to call a news ban further on myself, I did not think I was taking in much, but I need to take more of a break from reading articles, listening to radio reports, looking at photos.

Reading about the Mayor of New Orleans speaking out about the conditions........I then started to look at some of the lists of folks missing......then stopped myself and turned to something else.

I can feel my stress level notched up, much more fatigue and pain and jitteriness, hypervigilance beginning to reoccur. So, time for me to get real.

Real means I have to admit that I am disabled, that I know negative stress winds my symptoms up immensely, that getting sicker won't help folks in the disaster. Time to pop open my tool box and use those coping skills.

I have a good book to read, I have food in the house, and I can rest up.