Into the Sea
Whenever you hear a story about a mother driving her kids into the water in an effort to kill them, you're instantly shocked and horrified.
It's the same with the mass shootings and the mass stabbings and the mass bombings.
Just straight out mental deficiencies.
There are no outward signs of such homicidal behaviors?
Of course there must be...
...right?
Yet I was listening to a guy on the radio the other day. He sounded like a reasonable enough guy and he explained that he was severely manic depressive and that while he controlled it sometimes...
...there were real dark days.
He spoke of being under the influence of 12 shots of alcohol even though he hadn't had any.
That was what his mind felt like to him on the dark days.
He spoke of not caring if he hurt those he normally loved...let alone total strangers.
And that's what we don't get, right?
We judge the crazy actions of others as crazy and we shout from the mountain tops that they need to be killed to eliminate the problem.
But is that the best way to handle it?
I'm just asking here...because it is so absolutely horrifying to hear those kids scream that their Mom is trying to kill them.
Yet the answers are certainly elusive.
Mental health facilities are not funded.
It's not really looked at as anything more than a weakness.
"Suck it up! We all have problems!"
But the craziness continues.
"They shouldn't report these stories. She was looking to be famous, that's all," Some guy at work said. "Fry the bitch!"
I'm afraid there might be more to it than that.
I suppose I could be wrong.
It's the same with the mass shootings and the mass stabbings and the mass bombings.
Just straight out mental deficiencies.
There are no outward signs of such homicidal behaviors?
Of course there must be...
...right?
Yet I was listening to a guy on the radio the other day. He sounded like a reasonable enough guy and he explained that he was severely manic depressive and that while he controlled it sometimes...
...there were real dark days.
He spoke of being under the influence of 12 shots of alcohol even though he hadn't had any.
That was what his mind felt like to him on the dark days.
He spoke of not caring if he hurt those he normally loved...let alone total strangers.
And that's what we don't get, right?
We judge the crazy actions of others as crazy and we shout from the mountain tops that they need to be killed to eliminate the problem.
But is that the best way to handle it?
I'm just asking here...because it is so absolutely horrifying to hear those kids scream that their Mom is trying to kill them.
Yet the answers are certainly elusive.
Mental health facilities are not funded.
It's not really looked at as anything more than a weakness.
"Suck it up! We all have problems!"
But the craziness continues.
"They shouldn't report these stories. She was looking to be famous, that's all," Some guy at work said. "Fry the bitch!"
I'm afraid there might be more to it than that.
I suppose I could be wrong.
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