tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358633035110069050.post5512601267539646977..comments2023-12-27T23:00:43.438-05:00Comments on Monday Morning Crisis Quarterback: Sharing Our Trauma: The Pittsburgh Gym ShootingsNaomi Zikmund-Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09503425475917614385noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358633035110069050.post-34280237406851479092009-08-11T22:32:50.480-04:002009-08-11T22:32:50.480-04:00Hi Naomi,
The "this could be me" hits me...Hi Naomi,<br />The "this could be me" hits me, because I have been to that mall many, many times. It's close to my friend, Susan's house, and we go shopping at Joanne fabric, eat at a Chinese restaurant, occasionally stop at TJ Maxx or Big Lots. It was in the places I frequent when I was hanging with Susan. <br /><br />Also, one of my co-workers, who is currently on medical leave, was close friends of one of women who was killed. The woman who was killed helped take care of her children while she was hospitalized.<br /><br />It all feels just too close to home.Nancy Dubuarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358633035110069050.post-43902733097777233642009-08-07T23:55:25.327-04:002009-08-07T23:55:25.327-04:00Thanks, Nick. Gratifying to know someone other th...Thanks, Nick. Gratifying to know someone other than my friends and family read this! <br /><br />We are indeed masters of self-deception. Often that's a good thing, because it prevents us from constantly retraumatizing ourselves and cowering in anxiety. But when it keeps us from being human to each other and facing the reality of the decisions we make, we have a problem.<br /><br />Fellow Quarterbackers, please check out Nick's site at criticalincident.net (there's a link in my blogroll). It's got some great stuff from the fine folks of the San Francisco Bay Area CISM team.Naomi Zikmund-Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09503425475917614385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2358633035110069050.post-57559768109913181612009-08-07T11:59:39.343-04:002009-08-07T11:59:39.343-04:00I enjoy your blog... not sure if I've written ...I enjoy your blog... not sure if I've written this before, but I have a permanent link to it at http://criticalincident.net - the Bay Area CISM Team's site.<br /><br />I'm a former Pittsburgher, too. I've been on the streets of Bridgeville in an ambulance countless times, often taking people to Mayview State Hospital, which is long closed. <br /><br />I've found myself making the same sort of wish you expressed here, but about the wars our country is in. As someone said, if often feels like the military is on its own and the rest of us are supposed to go with life as usual. That's impossible, of course, for those of us who have lost a family member in the war. But I think it really is impossible for everyone - we're just good at distracting ourselves and pretending it isn't affecting us.Nick Arnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17201475525409438012noreply@blogger.com