Comments on: Tech Trouble http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2007/04/19/tech-trouble/ A blog about mental health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:55:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: terry http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2007/04/19/tech-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-1853 terry Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:14:43 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2007/04/19/tech-trouble/#comment-1853 This is off topic. The killer in Virginia was able to buy two handguns legally. I could find fault with that but won't for the sake of space. How can you justify someone having what may have been thousands of rounds of hollow point ammo and evven more so how could he buy clips designed for up to thirty rounds? This is off topic. The killer in Virginia was able to buy two handguns legally. I could find fault with that but won’t for the sake of space. How can you justify someone having what may have been thousands of rounds of hollow point ammo and evven more so how could he buy clips designed for up to thirty rounds?

]]> By: Jayme http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2007/04/19/tech-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-1852 Jayme Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:31:42 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2007/04/19/tech-trouble/#comment-1852 Excellent post! You have a very balanced and realistic perspective, especially regarding the mental health issues and future targets of this whole tragedy. It's not safe to be considered "mentally ill" at this time. Excellent post! You have a very balanced and realistic perspective, especially regarding the mental health issues and future targets of this whole tragedy. It’s not safe to be considered “mentally ill” at this time.

]]> By: Peace http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2007/04/19/tech-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-1851 Peace Sat, 21 Apr 2007 03:23:49 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2007/04/19/tech-trouble/#comment-1851 What a twist of fate! Now, those of us who are suffering from a mental disorder, including myself, will pay the price. This is not fair. I am about to give up hope; I can't bear the thought that I will be stigmatized for the rest of my life. What a twist of fate! Now, those of us who are suffering from a mental disorder, including myself, will pay the price. This is not fair. I am about to give up hope; I can’t bear the thought that I will be stigmatized for the rest of my life.

]]> By: Josh http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2007/04/19/tech-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-1850 Josh Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:57:13 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2007/04/19/tech-trouble/#comment-1850 This is the most rational and mature public statement on this horrific incident I've yet seen. This is the most rational and mature public statement on this horrific incident I’ve yet seen.

]]> By: marie http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2007/04/19/tech-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-1849 marie Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:15:11 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2007/04/19/tech-trouble/#comment-1849 I'll bet the mental health system and his doctors/therapists just increased his frustration. How would you like to be in a situation where you know you are frustrated out of your mind, you ask for help and an evaluator tells you you have to wait a month or more before you can talk to a therapist? Maybe people with private insurance and supportive family (sound familiar?) don't have to deal with that.That's where I'm at right now. Will I pick up a gun? I don't think so, but I sure would want to. I’ll bet the mental health system and his doctors/therapists just increased his frustration. How would you like to be in a situation where you know you are frustrated out of your mind, you ask for help and an evaluator tells you you have to wait a month or more before you can talk to a therapist? Maybe people with private insurance and supportive family (sound familiar?) don’t have to deal with that.That’s where I’m at right now. Will I pick up a gun? I don’t think so, but I sure would want to.

]]> By: John M. http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/trouble/2007/04/19/tech-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-1848 John M. Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:35:41 +0000 http://trouble.pwblogs.com/2007/04/19/tech-trouble/#comment-1848 It is particularly disturbing to me to discover that I suffer from compassion fatigue this week. Our country has every right to mourn a horrific loss in such a grisly way. Jon Stewart expressed it well on his Tuesday intro (but alas, you don't have cable). He said that he had to put it to one side and go on with life until some time 30 years from now when he'll really react to it. I think that the constant deaths of Iraqis triggered the fatigue. I mean, should I be looking for a record high in tomorrow morning's paper after a car bomb goes off in a market? It's all just too much. Maybe I can attribute a bit of this to the Depakote, but it's more likely to be more existential than my usual reaction to valproic acid. Why should my reaction to "the single greatest mass murder in American history" be any greater than how I feel about the deaths of Iraqi civilians or the mutilations of American troops? I don't have an answer to that one, except that I don't like any of it and I'm powerless to change it. It is particularly disturbing to me to discover that I suffer from compassion fatigue this week. Our country has every right to mourn a horrific loss in such a grisly way. Jon Stewart expressed it well on his Tuesday intro (but alas, you don’t have cable). He said that he had to put it to one side and go on with life until some time 30 years from now when he’ll really react to it.

I think that the constant deaths of Iraqis triggered the fatigue. I mean, should I be looking for a record high in tomorrow morning’s paper after a car bomb goes off in a market? It’s all just too much.

Maybe I can attribute a bit of this to the Depakote, but it’s more likely to be more existential than my usual reaction to valproic acid. Why should my reaction to “the single greatest mass murder in American history” be any greater than how I feel about the deaths of Iraqi civilians or the mutilations of American troops? I don’t have an answer to that one, except that I don’t like any of it and I’m powerless to change it.

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