I agree with you Ygre23 and I tried to answer you without getting into too much detail or specific current events etc. because I wanted to convey how I look at the current events as a person who is also struggling psychologically.

I do know that PC is a global support site. I really like that because it really allows us as human beings to associate as just human beings who struggle everywhere.
And I did have a couple of brushes where I did reach out to a couple of people from different places just as a human being and I didn't really get a just plain human being response, I was considered an American yada, yada, yada. And I was somewhat disappointed that the interaction happened that way. But I do remain open minded as I have never really spoken to someone in that part of the world before. So I think that it is going to take time to learn how to set that aside and just speak to others as human beings. I have a lot of hope for that because in some ways it is actually a very small positive place to start as I have mentioned in my other post. I can't say I know that I intimately know others human beings around the world, but I am interested in learning on a very human level without the restrictions of whatever is beyond that.

I have no alterior motives as a human being other than just learning about another human being, I do have the capacity for compassion on that level. I would love to put all the other stuff aside and just communicate as human beings. I genuinely want to learn about someone else in another part of the world and how that person addresses life. And I don't see any reason why we cannot offer each other support on that level, because I don't care what color skin someone has, after all that other person is a human being as I am a human being. We all talk about world peace and how much we all want it, but how willing are we to let go of the baggage that prevents us from achieving just that? Hey, I am no Einstein but I do like to reach out and touch the fabric of another human being and learn.

I read another post in your post thread that Foolze posted and it was a very significant post as far as I am concerned, I hope others check it out because that is really how I feel. I would probably be one that would strip naked and sit down next to a person in a padded cell naked and rocking and speachless and sit with that person and see what happens. In many ways I have done just that in my life and one can learn much by being that way. And I am not talking about putting yourself out there for abuse, I am talking about putting yourself out there on a very human basic level.

To be honest with you Ygre23, yes, I am an American and there are a lot of things I appreciate about living in America, but I am also a human being and I feel everyone should have the freedom to live their lives in a way that they can be allowed to be self sustaining freely etc. I have great hopes that by connecting as human beings globally we may find ways to understand each other, I can see hints of that in the younger generation and I see it as a positive thing.

And if someone is here for support in PC and that person is struggling with bad depression or some other issue, I can't expect that person to be oh so worldly and abreast of everything that is going on. Personally, I can't watch the news and see something that is voilent taking place in Iraq or Afganistan or somewhere else and not get upset as I might toss and turn and fill up with anxiety. I honestly don't like to see that, I just don't agree with war and violence. But I have to accept that as being a part of humanity.

It is definitely a personal choice for the struggling members here at PC. I can only say that I personally can only just take so much of it. And if someone else can't do it, well, I understand.
I give you credit in your attempts to keep abreast of what is going on in the world, but I can understand how you may feel somewhat helpless as an individual in what you can do about it.
My constant suggestion is that Big things often come in small packages. If I can listen to a troop struggling here in PC and support that troop's efforts to have the courage to seek help etc. I am very willing to give as much support as I can. Because ultimately they do have to speak up, many of them don't.

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