Recent content by KatieLH

My cyrillic isn't great, but from what I could see of his "hit list", at least one of the victims from the shooting was included on it. Really horrible.

dbm, repeat post because I was struggling to quote :rolleyes:

I live in Belgrade, 15 minutes on foot from Vladislav Ribnikar. I never, ever thought this would happen here. Yesterday I went to lay flowers and it was heartbreaking and surreal. Everyone I know is in an absolute state of shock, especially as there was another mass shooting in nearby Mladenovac...

Feeling emotional today but burst out crying when I saw he'd been found safe! Think it was the picture of him and his wife smiling and reunited that did me in. 62 is so young to be living with dementia. Looks like he's surrounded by family and his wife who really love him, and the GPS tracker is...

Wow, so much love and respect for your daughter! It always warms my heart soo much when I see people who are determined to help those struggling with addiction, because it still often feels like such a dirty word/dirty illness, if that makes sense...so much taboo and misunderstanding around it...

Thank you so much! That really means a lot. It definitely isn't easy, but it is worth it – over the past six years I've definitely had to adjust my expectations when it comes to what things are worth. Like, being sober is so hard a lot of the time and requires constant hard work and questioning...

I am 100% for harm reduction centers, safe needle exchange sites, and people who know and love addicts or are addicts themselves being able to possess things like Narcan. I know some people disagree with harm reduction measures on the grounds that they "enable" addiction but I think it is...

I'm so so sorry for your loss. I'm guessing that's your son in your picture – so beautiful. Sending you so much love.

I am a recovering addict (just hit my 6th year of sobriety) and just want to say that I very much agree with you here. My addiction/mental health issues really ramped up when I went to university but were at their worse when I was in my early/mid-20s and actually living at home with my parents...

This made me tear up – what beautiful words and what an amazing person. I know it is such a small consolation when you are all hurting so much but I will remember Bruce because of how clear your love is for him. You have done him a great justice by posting here and letting us know what he was...

I am so sorry to read this and am keeping you and all of Bruce's friends and family in my thoughts <3 He seemed like a really wonderful man.

Don't worry, I didn't take it personally! I saw your second post (the one I quoted) and totally understood where you were coming from :) I didn't know that this was part of their recruitment policy so it was interesting to see!

Completely agree with you on this. You're absolutely right when you say that most people's reactions are to laugh at these kind of crimes when they are actually super troubling and cause a lot of trauma to the victims – and like you said, absolutely should ring serious alarm bells!

Interesting, I never knew this part about the antidepressants – it really does cut out a huge chunk of people with mental illnesses or problems (I also have bipolar so understand being on medications for life!|)

As someone who has bipolar disorder, I appreciate this reply. People with mental illnesses are much more likely to harm themselves than others, and to actually be the victims of violent crimes. Generally, bipolar disorder does not present itself as "up and down" as people tend to think, so imo...