Originally Posted by Webby

Sad stuff when it stays with you the rest of your life

Some folks are just very fortunate - if you can call it that - and "appear" to get over it, - but that's really often a lie

One friend has been shot a few times, but got thru that OK. Her partner was killed outright on one shooting. Then she was stabbed a few times, - got thru that OK as well. Then raped twice - and got thru that. Then... can't remember exactly, but beaten up with a baseball bat and a few other "incidents". Been thru.. think 9 MRI scans for injuries over time. Written off over 10 vehicles - either running or chasing (oddly, not one offense for bad driving )

Last "major" incident was a spray of auto gun fire on a freeway - nearest bullet got caught in the headrest of the car, but no injuries. She gets home calm as hell and tells me some story about the cat in the yard - then the whole story emerges.

It's almost like a state of denial and "shutoff" with verbal like "it is not my time yet". There is one crazy fucked-up world out there - most of it, we hopefully will never see. It almost supercedes any Hollywood movie - the difference is it's real life for some folks and does take a toll in the end.