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yonder

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35. What an excellent, timely post and comments!

Thu Apr 8, 2021, 02:25 PM

Apr 2021

And one of the best I've ever seen on DU. Without meaning to be self-centered, it's almost as if Mr. Pavlovitz took a journey to my own mind with a chair and notepad, sat down, observed, then started writing.

So many times a person can't quite put a finger on the source of their increasing hopelessness. This helps explain reasons for it while also pointing out that kind and sensitive thinking people are not alone with these feelings either.

Thank you for this babylonsister, it pretty much made my day.

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Kind People Are Suffering From Cruelty Sickness [View all] babylonsister Apr 2021 OP

Yup... that speaks for me. Absolutely hlthe2b Apr 2021 #1

Right on the nail head. Baitball Blogger Apr 2021 #2

And we are now told not to risk a fight, and so they control the dialogue, they Maru Kitteh Apr 2021 #19

" The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." DSandra Apr 2021 #29

Yeah OldBaldy1701E Apr 2021 #60

Good people need support DSandra Apr 2021 #69

We need to have a "fighter for goodness" training camp DSandra Apr 2021 #30

I would SO go to a program like that!!! ShazzieB Apr 2021 #53

Top Dead Center! DENVERPOPS Apr 2021 #37

Responding to this so I can Thtwudbeme Apr 2021 #3

Speaks for me too, except... OneGrassRoot Apr 2021 #4

Yes, faith in humanity is being sorely tried. nt babylonsister Apr 2021 #6

So true. I'm weary. n/t Peregrine Took Apr 2021 #5

Yes. Thank u for posting this Babylonsister Demovictory9 Apr 2021 #7

This is so true. I feel my soul hurting almost every day. redstatebluegirl Apr 2021 #8

Today is one of those days kacekwl Apr 2021 #9

In German, Weltschmertz GusBob Apr 2021 #10

In psychology there's a term for it: Learned helplessness. It's a state of mind that may occur chia Apr 2021 #11

This is sadly illustrated in the movie, wnylib Apr 2021 #22

+1 That's exactly it. n/t chia Apr 2021 #28

Thanks. It's probably the same internalized inability to move that Harriet Tubman encountered. ancianita Apr 2021 #40

Some people in horrific circumstances wnylib Apr 2021 #46

After John Ludi Apr 2021 #12

Well said. BigmanPigman Apr 2021 #49

Fascism requires this Doc Sportello Apr 2021 #13

It has created mental and physical health problems and the right just loves it. National tragedy. It Evolve Dammit Apr 2021 #14

I've dealt with too many people who equate empathy with weakness across bullwinkle428 Apr 2021 #15

This condition has been described around here for some time, and I've observed it within myself. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #16

Compassion fatigue hamsterjill Apr 2021 #17

What is really disturbing to me is that Bettie Apr 2021 #18

If it helps, remember that Biden Elessar Zappa Apr 2021 #38

Yeah, that is true Bettie Apr 2021 #41

Speaking personally, Elessar Zappa Apr 2021 #43

My DH's job is in Iowa Bettie Apr 2021 #45

There's good and bad people everywhere, of course Elessar Zappa Apr 2021 #47

My family is pretty fried pandr32 Apr 2021 #20

I used to think assholes were the outliers, not so much any more. Probatim Apr 2021 #21

It takes real effort to not just let yourself go numb and look the other way. "How many times must a Martin68 Apr 2021 #23

I worry about good people deciding it's not worth the effort. plimsoll Apr 2021 #24

Remember Elessar Zappa Apr 2021 #39

No doubt about that. plimsoll Apr 2021 #54

We're running on fumes . . . hatrack Apr 2021 #63

Good people have to support and defend each other DSandra Apr 2021 #25

A possible solution, humbly submitted: calimary Apr 2021 #26

Great solution! BigmanPigman Apr 2021 #50

American Society effectively breaks people to the point where they become passive DSandra Apr 2021 #27

W.B. Yeats wrote, "The best lack all conviction, while the worst/Are full of passionate intensity." Oldem Apr 2021 #31

Good idea for DU. Keep up continuous fundraising for candidates against 10 Repub incumbents. ancianita Apr 2021 #44

Well said. We are tired of getting screwed over at every turn. Pepsidog Apr 2021 #32

This speaks for me as an individual and as a mother. MontanaMama Apr 2021 #33

Howard Zinn G_j Apr 2021 #34

Or "You can't stand still on a moving train." Peregrine Took Apr 2021 #36

That's a GREAT quote!!! calimary Apr 2021 #59

What an excellent, timely post and comments! yonder Apr 2021 #35

Perfect. My husband and I have rented a cabin in North Georgia along with Grammy23 Apr 2021 #42

This explains why I've become a shut in. lunatica Apr 2021 #48

I understand. BigmanPigman Apr 2021 #51

I am a shut in too I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2021 #56

I totally get what you are saying. Richard58 Apr 2021 #52

Good people I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2021 #55

Cruelty sickness... IngridsLittleAngel Apr 2021 #57

When my life was at it's worst.... TigressDem Apr 2021 #58

Hubby Delphinus Apr 2021 #61

Bookmarking. niyad Apr 2021 #62

I just can't get over how people who say they are Christians can be so cruel kimbutgar Apr 2021 #64

Kicked and bookmarked. BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2021 #65

Somedays are better than others Bluethroughu Apr 2021 #66

K&R smirkymonkey Apr 2021 #67

What do you do? You just cleanse your life of toxic people Hortensis Apr 2021 #68