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ShazzieB

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4. I absolutely understand being in a panic right now, believe me!

Reply to 1WorldHope (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 18, 2025, 02:56 PM

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I think the main reason I haven't succumbed to it (so far) is that I somehow have the ability to compartmentalize/block out the stuff that scares me the most. Not sure where or how I learned to do that, but I'm grateful for it, as it's probably the main thing keeping me sane right now.

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Assistant principal fatally shot outside Berwyn's Lincoln Middle School [View all] Beringia Thursday OP

Young black man hanged, young homeless man hanged, 1WorldHope Thursday #1

The police said this was a domestic violence killing. ShazzieB Thursday #2

I did hear that it was domestic a little while ago. 1WorldHope Thursday #3

I absolutely understand being in a panic right now, believe me! ShazzieB Thursday #4

I don't see the connection, this was a boyfriend who killed his girlfriend and her mother Beringia Thursday #5

You're right, I realized that after the fact. 1WorldHope Thursday #6