Bookgirl, I know exactly how you are feeling, up until the last couple of weeks I had spent a few months exactly the same, gripped by fear, terrified and crying most of the day and night, took to sleeping in my mum's bed, hardly left the house. It moved to other things too, like my health, climate change, general future possibilities and worries, death in general, the afterlife or lack thereof. I started seeing a psychologist for the first time in a few years, and went back on medication. As well as that, I tried my best to change my way of thinking about it all, with big help from these forums, this thread especially. Whenever I saw/heard a headline or the thoughts crossed my mind, I just told myself it's very unlikely that it will happen, but worrying is not going to change anything, and there's really nothing at all I can do. I even repeat to myself some of the things people have mentioned on this thread about why it's most likely not going to happen, and base my thoughts on logic, and disregard media. I avoided the news, blocked the Facebook trending, and just tried to stay positive and distract myself. That combined with the medication and help from my mum, boyfriend, everyone on here and my psych, I've come a long way. Even though things seem worse now, I am much better. My outlook on life has been so much better too, I've started exercising lots more, have lost weight, my motivation is heaps better, and I'm generally happier.
If you haven't already, read through all the replies on here and on my thread that I've done, hopefully it will help you as it has helped me 🙂 I hope you can feel better soon, I would hate for anyone to go through the months of torture as I did.
Paul, nice to read your opinion as always. As I'll mention below, threatening the US at all, with intended or false threats, seems really stupid, like they're digging their own grave. I suppose he is just trying to impress 'his people'.
Eth, yes, I read and thought the same. The only logical answer to that would be that it is just a misleading distraction for what they are actually secretly planning. Or, maybe they just really are not smart. I think the same, surely he knows that if he did make any act, he would be flattened by the US. He couldn't win against them. Why he's even bothering threatening someone who has that sort of power astounds me! Mustn't be much to do in NK.
Happy thoughts everyone 🙂 -Bec
