It seems that there is never a time when someone close to us is not suffering in some form or another. A lot of my comrades lately have been going through difficult times and my heart breaks for each and every one of them. It is worse when I feel that I cannot be of any use whatsoever.

A lot of the time my sympathies are turned into discipline, a very Get A Grip attitude (GAG - according to Misha). This is where you simply need to deal with it. Whatever it is. Give yourself a kick up the arse and sort it out. Moping around won't help anyone, and will probably just make you fall into some maddened downward spiral of doom... being lost forever. I have done that one. Took me about two years to form some sort of ladder to clamber back up that spiral. I do not advise it to anyone.

However sometimes my empathy takes over, and I truly feel for my friends. I hate when I cannot help and even words cannot comfort in some situations.
If I could save everyone I care for from pain, I would spend my life doing it, I hate it.
Bring back the superhero...

Big Love -  Ems x