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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for doing this AMA.

How does what we're going through now compare to what you remember of living through years of war? Both in terms of day to day life - but also how you feel and cope emotionally?

Are you surprised how much we all seem to be falling apart, even with our relative (and pretty robust) comfort here? [/quote]

There are a very few similarities in my opinion.  We still have food (the only food we had was given to us through humanitarian aid. I remember eating cookies from 1963). We have running water, we have electricity, we have internet, we are able to drive around freely and go take walks in the woods, we are able to communicate with your loved ones even though it may not be in person.  No one is shooting at us constantly.  I can't tell you how many times I was chased by a sniper.  Things may not be comfortable right now, but they are far from being tragic.  Of course, I'm not including the people who have lost their jobs and face evictions in this generalization.  They are really struggling.

I cope by telling myself that this will be over one day and we will be able to go back to normal.  You'll be surprised how fast we will forget this ever happened.

I cope by reciting every night (to myself) all of the things that are still going well in my life. [/quote]

Thank you for your answer - and, just, holy sht. I have a friend who is also a refugee from Bosnia and I feel like such a soft marshmallow every time she tells me any detail about what her life was like then. Soft and weak, and grateful.

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Don't feel soft and weak.  It is what it is.  I often feel like an alien among "normal" people (people who led normal lives), but that's a whole other thread lol.[/quote]

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