RER said: "Why do you think we like others to hear about our troubles? I think it's because we want people to know what we are going through, we want the situation to change, and we want attention."

Well, RunningEagle, I think you may be starting out with a stacked deck. I think there are numbers of people who DON'T like others to hear about their troubles, though they have many. SOME of us have very good impulses: to want others to know what we're going through, as you say, and to want the situation to change and to want attention.

I sincerely believe there are lots of mentally troubled people out there who AREN'T interested in exteriorizing, in telling others their troubles, in changing or in wanting attention. We here on PC are a self-selected group who DO want such things. Others, like Mr. Loughner, do not. Take care.