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Poll: Have you lived in fear?
This poll is closed.
I've fear for my life during day-to-day life
15.79%
3 15.79%
I've never feared for my life outside of an extreme circumstance
52.63%
10 52.63%
Something else
21.05%
4 21.05%
I hate polls
10.53%
2 10.53%
Total 19 vote(s) 100%
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Living in Fear
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RE: Living in Fear
(July 13, 2022 at 1:04 pm)tackattack Wrote: @BrianSoddingBoru4  I agree it was bigoted and very trope-ish as Rev said, and for the offense I do apologize. I didn't even know you were from NI or that you had lost an eye. I hope you can excuse my ignorance, and regardless it was out of place. Now back to the impact if you don't mind sharing a little more You said " I got over that feeling after a few years in New Zealand - people here just don’t seem particularly interested in killing each other." so it's lessened but not gone? I would assume that the impact of your wounds from the Poppy Day Massacre (thanks for the research and I'm sorry that you were a victim of a deplorable situation) would cause you considerable fear in going outside. Is it something that affects you regularly in an emotional or social sense?
I'm going to assume you have been lucky enough not to have experienced extreme trauma.  It's not something that just goes away.  You can learn to live with it but it becomes a part of your being at some level or another.
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Messages In This Thread
Living in Fear - by tackattack - July 11, 2022 at 10:53 am
RE: Living in Fear - by Jehanne - July 11, 2022 at 11:11 am
RE: Living in Fear - by tackattack - July 11, 2022 at 11:15 am
RE: Living in Fear - by Jehanne - July 11, 2022 at 11:23 am
RE: Living in Fear - by Aegon - July 18, 2022 at 2:39 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 11, 2022 at 11:30 am
RE: Living in Fear - by tackattack - July 11, 2022 at 12:19 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 11, 2022 at 12:28 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by tackattack - July 11, 2022 at 5:03 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by TheJefe817 - July 11, 2022 at 5:27 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 11, 2022 at 5:49 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by Pat Mustard - July 12, 2022 at 1:10 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by The Valkyrie - July 11, 2022 at 8:50 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by Fireball - July 11, 2022 at 11:43 am
RE: Living in Fear - by Jehanne - July 11, 2022 at 1:09 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 11, 2022 at 1:52 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by Jehanne - July 11, 2022 at 2:27 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 11, 2022 at 2:33 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by TheJefe817 - July 11, 2022 at 2:02 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by arewethereyet - July 11, 2022 at 5:36 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by Angrboda - July 11, 2022 at 7:53 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by The Grand Nudger - July 12, 2022 at 2:14 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by tackattack - July 12, 2022 at 5:23 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by Pat Mustard - July 12, 2022 at 6:12 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 12, 2022 at 7:14 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by Jehanne - July 12, 2022 at 8:00 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by Rev. Rye - July 12, 2022 at 9:59 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by AFTT47 - July 12, 2022 at 11:57 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by Rev. Rye - July 13, 2022 at 1:09 am
RE: Living in Fear - by Thumpalumpacus - July 13, 2022 at 1:37 am
RE: Living in Fear - by Rev. Rye - July 13, 2022 at 4:35 am
RE: Living in Fear - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 13, 2022 at 4:47 am
RE: Living in Fear - by tackattack - July 13, 2022 at 1:04 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 13, 2022 at 3:54 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by arewethereyet - July 13, 2022 at 6:45 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by Rev. Rye - July 13, 2022 at 3:18 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by Mermaid - July 13, 2022 at 3:27 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by tackattack - July 13, 2022 at 4:21 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 13, 2022 at 4:33 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by Mermaid - July 14, 2022 at 7:18 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by Mister Agenda - July 14, 2022 at 12:13 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by Nay_Sayer - July 14, 2022 at 1:24 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by The Valkyrie - July 14, 2022 at 5:43 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by Nay_Sayer - July 16, 2022 at 12:19 am
RE: Living in Fear - by paulpablo - July 16, 2022 at 10:54 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by tackattack - July 17, 2022 at 12:16 am
RE: Living in Fear - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 17, 2022 at 4:13 am
RE: Living in Fear - by tackattack - July 17, 2022 at 7:40 am
RE: Living in Fear - by Belacqua - July 17, 2022 at 8:23 am
RE: Living in Fear - by Angrboda - July 17, 2022 at 9:27 am
RE: Living in Fear - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 17, 2022 at 12:59 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by The Grand Nudger - July 17, 2022 at 7:47 am
RE: Living in Fear - by Ahriman - July 17, 2022 at 9:35 am
RE: Living in Fear - by Angrboda - July 17, 2022 at 10:13 am
RE: Living in Fear - by Fireball - July 17, 2022 at 10:56 am
RE: Living in Fear - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - July 17, 2022 at 1:02 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by Aegon - July 18, 2022 at 2:42 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by Jehanne - July 18, 2022 at 3:27 pm
RE: Living in Fear - by The Grand Nudger - July 18, 2022 at 10:31 am
RE: Living in Fear - by Aegon - July 18, 2022 at 2:40 pm

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