Thanks for responding, Madjon and Moki.

I have struggles with being super-sensitive, too. It's really nice to hear from someone else with that challenge.

I've had bad troubles dealing with the news, such as reading about returning vets with all their physical and psychological problems, along with other news, not to mention the thousands of people in Iraq who have been killed, and thousands more who have had to leave. It's horrible. I've had to really curtail my exposure, because it affects me so strongly. I hate that, because I want to be informed, yet I know I have to take measures to protect myself.

Then, I think, how are people in Iraq able to protect themselves? It's overwhelming in my mind. We here have got it pretty good, regardless of our past traumas. What about people who are going through horrendous traumas right now that our government (i.e., indirectly, us!) are responsible for?! How do we deal with that???! (Personally, I beg off, since I didn't vote for this president either time, and I knew this disaster would happen before we invaded. Lot of good that does us now.) Sorry if this breaches the boundaries of political discussion. Just delete if it does. However, I have to say I believe that deleting the truth doesn't do any of us any good.