Living with people in denial

Having a hard time lately.  This flu is consuming my thoughts.  I'm reading The Great Influenza .
I check websites many times a day to stay current.  I go to sleep thinking about it and wake up thinking about it.

I have no one to talk about it with.  My very good friend started in on the bible when I brought up my concerns.  My husband is completely oblivious to any danger.  I told him I will be spending more money than usual to start stocking up, he didn't complain but seems to not care about it or have any concern (even for our children, and this is a man who really loves his kids)

I brought it up to two co-workers, casually, and the idea that it's any more than a normal flu popped right up.  My sister laughed when she saw that I was reading The Great Influenza.  She told her friend that I always try to scare people into stuff.

One co-worker kind of listened with interest, saw a show on prepping and asked me if I'd heard about it.  I told her I was doing some basic prepping, and she agreed that was a good idea and started herself.  I can tell she is uncomfortable discussing the potential threat.

Like all of you, I am terribly concerned, get teary-eyed when I see happy kids playing on a playground, I let my mind wander and picture what could happen, I try to picture the worst in my house-how will we handle it? 

Anybody else have no one to talk with face-to-face about this?  I can't believe people are so in the dark about all this.

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Its a bit like being Sarah Connor in the Terminator - you know what you know but everyone else just either doesn't get it or thinks your nuts.

You DO NOT need other people's approval - you can't save other people - SAVE YOURSELF.

I told everyone the Stock market was going into the biggest global crash in history and it would cause a Depression.

The crash was in 2008 - the worst in history and the depression is still on its way.

Very few listened to me - even less believed me - and now I have been proved right people resent my vision.

The H1N1 is not the real bomb - the H5N1 is - this H1N1 is a dress rehearsal and its interesting to see people wake up to this threat on the news.

By comparison the H5N1 is not even in the same league with this swine flu.

Its interesting that in 1918 there was the Spanish flu - and now we have the M e x i c a n f l u  .

To be a Ring bearer is to be alone Frodo. We are the ring bearers - we have the understanding the others do not.

Be strong and prepare

Oh gosh, I understand. My kids kinda listen to me, and then go about their business. Everyone else thinks I'm crazy or tries to change the subject. My friends think I'm "over-reacting". 

I don't really care to tell anyone about my flu preps and I don't try to talk anyone into prepping for themselves. My extended family knows I have preps but when the subject comes up I just say it's for hurricane session. Last year we got hit by hurricane Ike and our neighborhood was without power for two weeks. It's not unusual for people around here to have supplies to get through hurricanes.

I am just throwing this out for your review.  I have issues with anxiety, and as such I know that I am more prone to worry than most.  I worry about a lot of things big and small and I try different ways to manage it, with varying success.  I know this sounds radical, but I would encourage you to STOP reading "The Great Influenza".  It has a lot of information, but the downside is that it is really frightening.  I would encourage you to see what you have done to prep, try to feel good about that, and then connect here with others who also want to prep.  At some time or another all of us here have felt that fear, and it's exacerbated by the mocking and indifference we get from friends and family, but most of us here have learned to let go.  Just concentrate on living each day NOW.  You can get so consumed with prepping that you forget to just make the most of each day now.  The second wave may come, or not.  It may come and be harsh, or not.  It's hard because the truth is we just don't know, and that lack of control is hard to live with.   It's good that you are here to vent your anxiety and frustration, you in turn will help others as well.  I have let go of trying to talk to friends and family in depth.  I sent an email when this H5N1 hit and no one really cares.  I bless them and move on with my own preparations.  What more can we do?  Take care and consider putting the book down, at least for a bit.

Thank you to everyone who replied.  To Therese, I am just now (last week) starting to prep and that gives me the most worry-I feel like I am behind and do not have unlimited funds to go hog wild.  I actually am enjoying the book, too much to put it down. but the fact that no one in my daily life wants to discuss it and plan with me is what really gets me down.  i am trying to live each day, not put my children off when they want to show me something or do something spontaneous.  It's good advice.  Thanks!

therese wrote: I am just throwing this out for your review.  I have issues with anxiety, and as such I know that I am more prone to worry than most.  I worry about a lot of things big and small and I try different ways to manage it, with varying success.  I know this sounds radical, but I would encourage you to STOP reading "The Great Influenza".  It has a lot of information, but the downside is that it is really frightening.  I would encourage you to see what you have done to prep, try to feel good about that, and then connect here with others who also want to prep.  At some time or another all of us here have felt that fear, and it's exacerbated by the mocking and indifference we get from friends and family, but most of us here have learned to let go.  Just concentrate on living each day NOW.  You can get so consumed with prepping that you forget to just make the most of each day now.  The second wave may come, or not.  It may come and be harsh, or not.  It's hard because the truth is we just don't know, and that lack of control is hard to live with.   It's good that you are here to vent your anxiety and frustration, you in turn will help others as well.  I have let go of trying to talk to friends and family in depth.  I sent an email when this H5N1 hit and no one really cares.  I bless them and move on with my own preparations.  What more can we do?  Take care and consider putting the book down, at least for a bit.

Good grief! Don't tell them about anything until you are fairly certain there is really a death problem! Give them the hard evidence and insist they get a move on it.

I just prep for my two sisters - the airheads! And my husband...only wants good news in life! Fun raising kids with the fellow! LOL   

Awww, that's so sweet, rehabnurse. My youngest are 5 and 3, and they say the cutest things, too! That's great that you're teaching your kids.

Well that should make him sit up and listen.  Keep us posted on the status of your son.  Take care.

I know this may sound bad, but it is good to know that I am not alone in feeling no one cares about what's going on with the swine flu.  I too have no one to discuss any of this.  My family listens, but you can tell that is where it ends.  No one cares to know how many cases are developing in the states or the world.  They say , oh this is just another  type of  influenza like the seasonal one . I have been actually told, I would not worry if I were you,.    The only person who seems to grasp what is happening is my 24 year old but it scares her when I start to talk about preparing