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smirkymonkey

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16. Thank you - you are right. I think it's just burnout. A person can only deal with

Reply to delisen (Reply #12)

Wed Mar 1, 2017, 11:11 PM

Mar 2017

so much outrage and stress before they completely breakdown. I can feel it physically and emotionally. It's the feeling of powerlessness that really gets to me. The sense of unfairness. How is it that evil seems to be winning this battle?

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I'm Just ... Tired [View all] smirkymonkey Mar 2017 OP

we are being beaten down oldtime dfl_er Mar 2017 #1

You go through life thinking that good is supposed to prevail and what we are seeing smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #2

I see it all around me oldtime dfl_er Mar 2017 #5

You are jehop61 Mar 2017 #3

the odds are never in our favor 0rganism Mar 2017 #4

I absolutely hear what is being said and have been there way too often since November... Guilded Lilly Mar 2017 #6

I know, I can't believe it has only been just over a month. I feel like smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #14

Amen uponit7771 Mar 2017 #7

Sometimes all we have is each other and a quote from a movie or book bronxiteforever Mar 2017 #8

Exactly Phoenix61 Mar 2017 #10

I definitely feel it. emmadoggy Mar 2017 #9

You don't sound whiny Phoenix61 Mar 2017 #13

Don't feel guilty - I was talking to my therapist. I am relatively lucky, but smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Alpeduez21 Mar 2017 #11

Evil Does Win A Lot and When You are Tired You Need to Rest delisen Mar 2017 #12

Thank you - you are right. I think it's just burnout. A person can only deal with smirkymonkey Mar 2017 #16

You have done a lot and your work is not in vain delisen Mar 2017 #17