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Stop WW3 before it starts, I'm on the spectrum and it scares me to my bones

dontletthreadshappen

Stop WW3 before it starts, I'm on the spectrum and it scares me to my bones

World War 3 and nuclear war in particular are becoming highly likely, especially because of the potentially unlawful actions of certain countries (such as when Russia invaded Ukraine, and what china is going to do with Taiwan by 2027), if a nuclear war or similar event breaks out, it will lead to a living hell, so it should be stopped before it starts

I have been suffering from severe anxiety, depression, panic attacks, and have become sick, all because of in the news (especially in the apps like Apple News and several uk tabloids and news sites) highly likely going to be world war 3/nuclear war, I have seen "Threads" (1984) which at the time was produced with the input of scientists, doctors, and other experts, if war must happen, the government should distribute euthanasia kits to everyone in the country, so that nobody need suffer the horror of a post-nuclear attack world

  
 

  • The threat of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) has been present for decades and I'm not sure we are any closer than ever because of the mutual destruction ie that's a pretty good deterrent.

    That film was made in the 1980s when I was in my 20s and was a member of CND and went on marches etc.

    I'm not sure a petition will change anything but I will take a look if you will post a link that looks safe to me ie where I can see the URL.

  • I do not see it as 'highly likely'; certainly not more so than it was in the Cold War, anyway. While Trump is happy to bomb Iran, he is very averse to putting US boots on the ground, for pressing domestic political reasons. Israel has nukes, but has not used them. Iran has shown itself to be incapable of responding in kind to Israel's attacks, or of defending its own airspace. Russia has broken its teeth, and wrecked its economy, army, navy and air force, in Ukraine. Despite all the chest-beating in NATO countries about re-armament, Russia is in no state to mount any offensives outside Ukraine for the short to medium future.

  • I had major depression because of this a couple of years ago. I thought my way out of it and don't fear it any more.

    If you are fearful then what they are saying is working. They are trying to make people scared. If people weren't scared it wouldn't be a deterrent. You like me are much more anxious than the average person and are affected too much and respond to the threats too strongly. The threat has to be calibrated for the less anxious otherwise the deterrent would more likely be ignored.

    Don't let them do it to you. Laugh at them, do they think we are idiots? Riddikulus! It will not happen.