Anyone feel sick satisfaction or vindication now that TS is HTF?

[April]

I have had so many calls, friends and family, pointing out that I had been right after all. It did feel good at first - in that "i told you so" kind of way. But, this morning I was up before all of my kids, and looking at them still sleeping, I felt a lot of sadness. This is not the world I hoped they would be born into, and the challenges ahead seem so terrifying with three young kids. That said, I do have a sort of distant hope that when the smoke clears, my children will raise their own families in a better healthier world, and that it will all ahve been worth it.

[slow_dazzle]

The time for gloating is over - we need to start helping people and to build networks. The OP is pointless, does nothing to help us move forwards and it make LATOC look bad.

Lay off the "sick satisfaction" types of comment - they are a waste of precious time. We have more important things on our minds right now than laughing as people start to go out of their minds with fear, especially those people with young kiddies - think about that.

[davzee101]

All I feel is "fear" on a level I've never known.

[AndiSue]

All I feel is "fear" on a level I've never known.

I'm feeling that fear too.  I've got two young kids and aging parents.  No matter how much I've prepped it feels like it's not enough.  I find myself holding back tears at the thought of what might lie ahead of us.  It all seems surreal but there are moments when the reality sinks in and it shakes me to the core. 

[cygnus]

The only "satisfaction" I feel is knowing that I'm not completely crazy after all.  Even though I've been working on this for a couple of years and expecting *something* to hit for most of my life (it's not hard to see we've all been living unsustainably) I still have that little voice in the back of my mind that tells me in the middle of the night sometimes that I'm just being a fruitcake to worry so much.  It doesn't help that most of the people I know don't worry about this stuff.  Mostly just me.  So it's good to be able to tell myself in spite of this relative isolation that I'm definitely doing the right thing by prepping. 

And I'll admit - I'm scared, too.  Some days more than others, but I'm definitely scared.  I try to channel that fear into action, but it does make it hard to function sometimes. 

[prepbuff]

The cold fear was worst last weekend, waiting for the overseas markets to place their bets on the global economy.  We went out to eat at a nice restaurant, then took a scenic train ride through green backcountry and past little towns ruined during the first Depression -- all the while thinking that this would be the last time for any adventure like this for us, maybe for the rest of our lives. 

The fine restaurant was almost empty, and the train ran about 1/3 capacity.

Now that it's here, TS is HTF, I am watching the newsboards and financial markets in utter awe -- at how quickly the entire show is devolving.  The world economy is shattering, worse news almost hourly.  Grain shipments stuck in ports for lack of buyer's credit lines -- and what will people eat in those other nations when the food never arrives?

There's no "I told you so" here.  This is horror on a historically unprecedented scale, and we are here to witness its progression....and, hopefully, help our friends and families through it. 

Or die with dignity and honor in the process.   

[Bastetmeow]

All I feel is "fear" on a level I've never known.

No matter how much I've prepped it feels like it's not enough.  I find myself holding back tears at the thought of what might lie ahead of us.  It all seems surreal but there are moments when the reality sinks in and it shakes me to the core. 

+1. Instead of "sick satisfaction", I just feel sick.

[cygnus]

I hear you, Prepbuff.  I feel the same way, afraid and sad.

It is horrifying how fast things are falling apart these days.  Even my spouse (who is supportive of prepping but hasn't really been much into the doom until now) is seeing it - I got a question today out of the blue about how much of our food I thought we could grow given the yard we have, if one of us lost our job.     

I think pretty soon most everyone will see we're headed for one really big trainwreck.  And no, I don't feel like saying "I told you so" either.  I have never been so upset at being "right" in my life.