Are we really on the brink of WW3

[eth93]

Maybe I'm an odd ball. But the current state of the world has me quietly pooping my pants. I won't lie this all started with Donald Trump being elected president. But ever since my whole outlook on life has just turned into one anxious mess.

No, I'm not putting the blame on Donald. I think possibly the media attention has just made me more aware of the going ons in the world. Russia/American relations, China/American relations, South China Sea, Russia/Nato, Syria, Ukraine, trade wars.

Its all just kind of overwhelmed me and to a point where it is controlling my life.

I realize no one can say with 100% certainty that war wont break out. But I know there are some extremely knowledgeable people on this forum, so just hearing your opinions might help.

[Bookgirl]

Thanks for listening. Good to know i am not the only one who has gone through it and that there are people who have come out the other side. Gets really lonely sometimes living with all this and trying to keep it together.

[blondguy]

Hey BG

No worries at all. I signed up in January last year after being made redundant. I was a mess. It took me ages to even write my own thread topic. You are proactive and have a strong desire to heal....thats a huge bonus.

I still remember those years feeling how you are now.....and they were an awful time BG. You are a smart, articulate person who is trying so very hard. I can feel your pain.

Please feel comfortable in having a say on any of my threads....your point of view is just as important as anyone else's here...including mine too 🙂

I do understand what a 'tired' mind feels like BG....it overthinks...a lot

You are not alone here...and the gentle people on the forums will never judge you

I still have some residual anxiety after all my counseling but it was worth the weekly visits

my kindest thoughts for you

Paul

[Bookgirl]

I was doing so well and then this crap happened in Japan. Have managed to cope, doing meditation, got rid of news feeds etc. Having some family health issues with my father hasn't helped. Feel punch drunk if you know what i mean. All year this has been so up and down with this crap and trump. Trying to keep it local and not buy into things i can't control but its hard.

[amalee78]

I hear you Bookgirl, I feel the same. I'm trying hard not to watch or read news stories - but it's very hard. My husband keeps telling me I can't bury my head in the sand and need to know what's going on in the world, and any mention of Korea sends me into a spin. The weird thing is that it then starts me worrying about other stuff as well - usually my health.

I worry that if America and Korea go to war, the war will end up in australia and we won't survive it. I want to say it sounds ridiculous as I verbalise it, but it doesn't really to me.

i wouldn't wish anxiety on my worst enemy.

[Bookgirl]

If there is a war it will be the stupidest war in history as its just one paranoid bloke who thinks his neighbours and the U.S. want to invade him which they don't. Innocent people on both sides dying because a dictator wants to prove himself somehow. War is pointless but this is more pointless than usual. We could all get dragged in to something so monumentally stupid its like a bad monty python sketch. Makes me so angry.

[blondguy]

Hi Bookgirl and Amilee78

I know this is big news and its not good news by any means at all.. I dont really worry about North Korea as Kim Jong-un is no different to a school yard bully. I am not pro USA but I am really glad we are an ally

Just to let you know that I am more disturbed by the increase in violent crime where I live in Vic than the chest thumping of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.

Its understandable to be concerned about the missile he fired over Japan for sure. The United States have a huge military base in South Korea that will keep the peace if North Korea keeps behaving the way they are.

War is pointless as you said...and yes it makes me angry too...I hear you there....

Just some good news for a change....the United Nations have warned North Korea yesterday to 'knock it off'

Its only my take on this debacle but I choose not to feel threatened or bullied by North Korea's tactics

Great to have you as part of the forum family

Peacefully yours

Paul

[Bookgirl]

thanks you always help me with getting Perspective on things. I am really trying to focus on the now. Forcing myself to go to work and keep calm and soldier on and that helps. I said to my psych that i don't really know what i am worried about because the worst that could happen is that i would die in a war and i am not really scared of dying as that is a fact of life. Thanks for answering. You really help.

[blondguy]

Hi bookgirl

no worries at all and thankyou for the kind post too!

I still see my doc as well for a tune up when my depression is being a pain. You are doing really well BG

I hope your day is good to you 🙂

Paul

[eth93]

I've been doing ok recently. I was planning on starting a media blackout tomorrow for the rest of the month, as I'm still obsessively checking/reading new articles. I figure what I don't know won't hurt me, and offcourse us average joes have no control over any of this..

But then it hit me.. And I realise this sounds extreamly selfish. And everybody in some way would be effected by a world war..

But I feel it's easy for older people and women in particular to suggest that they don't bother worrying about this sort of thing as they have no control over these things... When they are not going to be the ones who are round up and forced to shoot/kill other man, and likely be shot/blown up themself.

So the old 'What you don't know won't hurt you' thing is complete garbage. Because whether I know or not, when bullets/bombs start dropping, I'll be receiving a letter in the mail from the government.

I have much respect for those in our military. But I'm not a fighter, let alone a murderer..

Yes this post is all about me, me me me me. And no doubt I will wake up in the morning and feel terrible about these selfish feelings/thoughts. But I've attempted to reply to this thread multiple times and always end up deleting what I written. So here it is..

[Bookgirl]

I don't think you are being selfish. We are all worried about different things and anxiety takes us all on different paths. We are all a victim and in the grip of anxiety and it makes us sound crazy, stupid, bizarre at times. I completely understand where you are coming from. My husband who used to be in the air force 30 years ago said he would have been scared out of his wits if they had to go to war - and he was trained. So don't beat yourself up. Why do you think George Bush Junior and various others got out of the Vietnam draft? Because they felt just the same way you do. It doesn't make you a bad person. It makes you human.