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I'm paranoid, is it reasonable
I'm in 7th grade and my parents watch the news a lot. It's always bad news. I live in America, we have a shooting every other day. The scariness started in 2014, with the ebola virus and isis starting up. I believe it was 2015 when isis chopped the reporters heads off. And throughout the year they were threatening to bomb places near me and hack soldier's twitter accounts and they attacked Paris, and San Bernardino. Then we hear very horrible stuff about how they are treating refugees and Republicans running around trying to make America into a Christian theocracy. Kids use the politicians for joke material like Trump and Cruz, but Cruz scares me because he is so against atheists and I'm an atheist! And Trump is scary too I think he'd make America very hateful. And in 2016 today for example there were like 5 bank robberies. A lot of kids dropped war games and stopped playing shooting games. I used to love those games but now not really. And sometimes I'm afraid someone will shoot up the school. A boy just got expelled out for doing cocaine!!!!!!!!!!!! And another for throwing his computer through a window trying to hit someone. Is it reasonable?
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Seems your very informed of what's happening round you and that's where your ahead of the game if something happens like you gave up shooting games cos the more people playing them the more chance of someone in these games having a mental breakdown and shooting up places for real also American icons like Cruz andtrump they're entitled to there opinions and sometimes get around certain laws by scaremongering your no more at risk than I am from getting caught up in these rare but stay alert and stay informed and you'll be a lot safer
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I definitely know what you're going through, and how you feel. I myself am scared of these things happening. If you think about a lot of the things that you worry about never actually happens, and if they do happen then there's not much we can do about it. One thing I do know is that worrying won't get you anywhere. Those are the three things I tell myself every time I feel paranoid, or I start worrying over the little things. My suggestion to you is to stop spending time around the news as much. That's what I've been doing, and trust me it works! It's okay to feel scared that these things might happen, but don't overthink it.For years, our world has always been like this! Another thing I find helpful is to talk it out. Whenever you feel scared talk about it with a friend or your parents, and trust me you'll feel a lot safer. I hope this helps!
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Is it reasonable NO but it is what society is today, unfortunately. What you can't do is let what is happening scare you to the point that you fear going out or going to school.
ISIS is a threat to our way of life as well as others around the world. Our government and other governments are working diligently to contain and eradicate the ISIS threat. I read yesterday the Prime Minister of Great Britain is wanting to send troops in to fight ISIS. Many world leaders believe it will take putting boots on the ground(soldiers)to fight ISIS in the desert to bring them to heal and to justice. Only President Obama feels an Air Campaign is needed to succeed with limited military ground troop support. The Prime Minister of England does not need President Obama's permission to build his own coalition to fight ISIS on the ground.
There have always been Bank robberies and unfortunately I suppose there always will be as long as there are banks around to rob. There are people out there that think they are entitled and can take things by force if they want. some feel they are not robbing a bank but an Insurance company so it's not your money they steal but some Insurance company who replaces what they steal. They are wrong but the justify what they do in that way.
As far as what is happening in school. Part of the problem is we live in the age of entitlement. Some of these kids have never known failure and have never been told no. So when they do fail they have no idea of how to process it. This is both society and parenting failure. It is also a problem of film makers and parents that don't teach their children the difference between reality and fantasy. It is also the age of the internet and Xbox. Children have no imagination for the games do the imagining for them.
As for the school shootings. These are things that school systems today are more attuned to then ever before. The have companies that scan social media looking for students that might be planning something. They have been very successful recently of stopping things before they happen. Homeland security, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies are also looking for people that may be planning things.
Yes, you might say they missed Paris, but they really didn't. The information was there they just misinterpreted it. The same with San Bernardino. All the indicators were there just not where it would normally be seen. Law enforcement are making adjustments in what they monitor.
Fact is you are more likely to be struck by lightning than be caught up in any of the things you are concerned about. Yes be concerned, be cautious about what you do and where you go. If something looks wrong dial 911. But do not be frozen with fear for if you are then the bad guys have won and that is wrong.
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Some people can handle listening to all the bad news better than others. My husband is one who listens to it all and knows to no longer pass it on to me. I used to listen to it all myself and yes its true that our world seems to be becoming badder by the minute. There is lots of good in the world also but it doesnt draw as many viewers, maybe too boring/ho hum. So the focus is only on the terrible, horrible and evil.
I have learned some things in my life, like the importance of balance. However when it comes to good vs bad things, in my own life, I've seen that it takes way more good events or thoughts to cancel out just one bad one. When the focus is going to be on bad news all the time with no intake of twice or three times as much good new compared to the bad, the tendency is to become either paranoid or depressed.
Another good reason nOT TO focus on what you don't want to see happening in your life is to stop thinking about it all the time. No matter if you think of good or bad stuff, whatever you focus the most on, your subconscious mind will assume that which gets the most thoughts focused on must be something you want in your life. It doesnt apply good logic, just like a very young child doesnt understand that yet. And so your subconscious mind will choose to make you desire to do things or be places or in situations that continue to be more scary to keep you scared, assuming you like that feeling so much, or make bad decisions, taking chances, like beginning to hang out with people who are into really bad stuff or going to places you know they hang out. Rationally right now you wouldn't think of it. But if a friend wanted you to go to a concert in a questionable part of town, your favorite band, you might just go anyways and place yourself in a less safe situation especially if left alone there to be picked up later. All I can say is perhaps letting the parents know to not pass on all this info to you cus it makes it hard to focus on your school studies. Let them watch and don't watch TV while they are viewing such things, leave the room.
While I am not trying to say to become like the ostrich with its head in the ground pretending that those things don't exist just because you can't see them, living ones life focused on the bad, makes it harder to find and enjoy the few simple pleasures in life that are left. My life circumstances aren't ideal, but i focus on the good and try to be a light in a dark world rather than a light that jumps into the cess pool and becomes so caked in dirt and filth that no light can shine through. There has to be hope in life or no one would want to continue on, it would be futile as some would say. I choose to focus on the positive and have hope that always, my circumstances can change for the better, and if not me, perhaps something I say or do, will help bring something positive to the lives of others, a main reason why I am on here.
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