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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"We are not ok" means that the news and events are impacting someone deeply. We see a lot of terrible things on the news and most people have become numb to it. However, there are some events that feel very close to home -- it can be a school shooting where the victims are of similar age to our own children, a terrorist attack that feels so random and vile that it puts you on edge (we live in DC after all), or a simple criminal act that has parallels to your own experiences and trauma.

We are not ok means that we can't think or act like we normally do. It doesn't mean you give them a free pass to coast or ignore responsibilities, but it signals that more empathy may be needed. [/quote]

+1 I don't say "I'm not ok" but the events in Israel have me really upset. I keep thinking about that woman who they stripped, almost certainly gang raped, then paraded her unconscious naked body in a truck while militants sat on her and people spit on her body. Seeing the video is how her mother found out that she'd been kidnapped. She's almost certainly dead but we don't know for sure. Then the other young people who are missing and probably already raped and killed. Their parents have no idea if they're dead or alive.

So no judgment from me for people who use the phrase for this situation.[/quote]

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