I had just got back to work and someone said, did you hear the news? I said, what news.. The twin towers have been hit by aircraft. I said no? Then they asked how I felt, I said It's difficult to feel anything unles one has a connection to it. I mean, every day we hear about catastrophies from around the world, and don't really feel anything, like we're detached from it somehow.

I have no idea how they felt in New York, it was difficult to share the pain with them.

I feel sad when anyone suffers, infact I almost feel physically sick if I see anyone/thing getting hurt, but this detachment, when it's far away sometimes bothers me. Why the hell can't I feel something.

Maybe it's the media, TV or the movies that have created this detachment.. A kinda desensitization in effect.

Am I the only one? Or do others feel desensitized to things like this when they happen far from your own living space?

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