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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a number of fears about mass shootings and the like. I don't know why people are ripping you up here, OP.

I moved from DC (my last year there: many muggings at the 24-hour market in my neighborhood, a killing behind my building, etc...charming) to Oregon recently. My child and I skipped an indoor public event today because I was afraid w/the UCC shooting happening so recently. There was a mass shooting here at a suburban mall a few years back; turns out that the shooter worked around the corner from our current home, which is about 10 miles from the mall.

You never know who it will be or where it will happen; it makes life hard, but -- just like living in DC or New York or Smalltown, USA or anywhere in the world -- you have to manage your fears in the ways that work for you. Skipping an event today was good in that I was not afraid, irritable, and jumpy all day. Will we stay away from public places indefinitely? Absolutely not. We were out and about town by this afternoon, fears forgotten. Will the fears resurface? Yep, absolutely. After 15 years in DC, I would have thought I was less susceptible to giving in to my fears ... but since having a child, I'm not.

My child is not yet in school of any kind. Once that happens...I don't know. It's hard to imagine how I'll go about managing fears at that point.[/quote]

It sounds like you'll be fine because your outlook is realistic.[/quote]

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