tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407375147345325113.post3675380067436386072..comments2023-04-04T01:34:45.674-07:00Comments on Smile Now, Cry Later: PTSDTroublehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07116685906004492737noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407375147345325113.post-28620153795924665612009-09-28T20:02:30.503-07:002009-09-28T20:02:30.503-07:00I don't begin to understand what your life is ...I don't begin to understand what your life is like, but I understand why you approach life the way you do.<br /><br />I approach it differently. I could spend my whole life worried about when I might be killed, but I don't. I just live my life. I don't go out of my way to put myself in danger, but nor do I constantly look over my shoulder at who might be planning to kill me.<br /><br />I'm happy to go through life assuming nothing will happen to me :) If it does, I'll deal with it then.<br /><br />GillianUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201932492938244120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407375147345325113.post-65977426297897655532009-05-25T04:23:31.214-07:002009-05-25T04:23:31.214-07:00Sounds like a wise way to live given your line of ...Sounds like a wise way to live given your line of work. One of the good things about living in Australia is the gun laws. Although it pays to be cautious and not take stupid risks, at least we don't have every second kid carrying a gun. I read about a child being taken through a bedroom window years ago and when I moved in and fitted the alarm system on my house, I asked for a window alarm on my daughters room. My partner at the time laughed at me but I got it anyway.Arizaphalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11402602175460446158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407375147345325113.post-78960275513390798882009-05-21T08:34:09.410-07:002009-05-21T08:34:09.410-07:00People: Exactly.People: Exactly.Troublehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16553273498093394669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407375147345325113.post-68173898907604636802009-05-20T11:06:27.302-07:002009-05-20T11:06:27.302-07:00When I started working in jail, interviewing inmat...When I started working in jail, interviewing inmates as part of the intake process and then reading police reports and going to courts, I was told by an old-timer, "This job will change you." Which made me curious.<br /><br />I think the biggest change is about my view toward crime. I never had a gun to my face, never saw a body, never been hit or anything, so for me criminals were Cool Hand Lukes who ran away from the ignorant police.<br /><br />And then I read reports about kids who smash a guy with a baseball bat to get his cellphone (as part of gang initiation) a block away from my house. A woman holding her infant in the air in the middle if the road, threatening to throw him down if she's chased. A horrible rape of a grandmother a few blocks away. <br /><br />It changes you. Crime is not just something that happens to other people. <br /><br />I don't think there's a reason to feel bad about being cautious and suspiscioius. But that doesn't mean you can't live your life. I grew up in Israel, where being cautious while living your life is what people do all the time. Good luck.People in the Sunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961234839608654790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407375147345325113.post-795610206232634292009-05-20T08:36:30.333-07:002009-05-20T08:36:30.333-07:00I think it's entirely possible that this is the ca...I think it's entirely possible that this is the case. I love the fact that James is so sunny all the time (and I'm not particularly not-sunny, it's just that I have a tendency to think about worst-case scenarios and work from that point).Troublehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16553273498093394669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407375147345325113.post-47433005806025709842009-05-20T07:34:32.658-07:002009-05-20T07:34:32.658-07:00I carry on with my naivite, too. My dude, on the o...I carry on with my naivite, too. My dude, on the other hand, does not. Maybe those who know balance those of us who don't?Gypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14327359141716141220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407375147345325113.post-47861876513980906512009-05-19T21:01:05.910-07:002009-05-19T21:01:05.910-07:00Fair point. This was a great post, got me thinking...Fair point. This was a great post, got me thinking about big concepts. Thanks.A Free Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01038930031019179647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407375147345325113.post-22592378774474718952009-05-19T12:40:00.000-07:002009-05-19T12:40:00.000-07:00Oddly enough, I still think that people are basica...Oddly enough, I still think that people are basically good, even gang members. I just know that the worst possible thing can happen, that it's totally possible.<br /><br />But if I didn't believe in goodness, in the infinite human capacity for goodness, then I couldn't have worked with this population.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407375147345325113.post-34030402002452802392009-05-18T22:25:00.000-07:002009-05-18T22:25:00.000-07:00Kurt Cobain said that too.
This is really disturb...Kurt Cobain said that too.<br /><br />This is really disturbing stuff, Trouble. I tend to be an optimist, to trust in the inherent goodness of people. I don't know how to incorporate your experience into that worldview. Maybe I'm naive, but I <I>have</I> to trust in the inherent goodness of people. You, by definition, can't predict a random event, so I'm going to carry on in my naivite.A Free Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01038930031019179647noreply@blogger.com