The Highland Park shootings took place ten minutes from my home today. I knew one friend who couldn’t find her stepdaughter (lost her phone while running, but she’s fine). Another friend’s friend was shot in the chest and another friend was shot in the shoulder.
I look for root causes when traumas like this happen…why did this person do this? We can probably relate! This shooter’s problems probably started in the home and/or at school…and his traumas led to his mental health problems, and not the other way around. Those undiagnosed and untreated mental health problems led to all types of abuses that he was acting out on. It’s tragic that we have an epidemic of mental health problems…with the root of the problem being the lack of love and self-love.
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