I'm so encouraged that you want to process the news about the shooting. Your therapist and the medical community in general, has learned how to help individuals and family process information like this. To answer your question about how I would process it...I would start in therapy. Sadly, these things happen so often that your therapist has talked to people in your situation before. There are tried and true ways to heal. People have healed from this kind of trauma before. Your therapist can share with you how they did it.

Thanks, omii. Your words matter. They really do.

Thanks, Alan, for the idea of taking the incident to my therapist for processing. I finally got a really good one who is trained directly in PTSD and it's made all the different. I saw your thread about how you're getting ready for your therapy session yourself, so I know you're doing it, too.

Deli, I've been an avid NPR fan since they went on the air in the 1970s for the very reason you mention. They sensationalize less. Back then I'd just escaped war in Latin America. NPR covered the wars in El Salvador, Guatemala, and in my country fairly, and I could listen without TV images that triggered me. I really respect them.

Leo, I thank you for reassuring me there will be no reincarnation into "this" again. Thank goodness. I've done the best with "this" that I can, you know? If reincarnation does turn out to be true, I'm hoping I'll deserve a promotion in the next life. Like to be reincarnated as a pampered housecat for a really rich nice widow with a luxury penthouse apartment overlooking Central Park in New York City. Ha!