I admit chronic fear
OK, being honest here, I have not been able to shake of the fear of breathing, eating and succombing to health deterioration from the newly deposited Fukushima radioactive elements. My husband won't move to South America and I feel "trapped." Anyone have any ideas or tips for surviving these times? It is too difficult for me to think positive. Thinking positive makes me feel like I'm putting my head in the sand. Help.
The world is small....
(Sorry for my english)
I completely sympathize with you. I have felt and feel the way you do. I have a son who just turned one and I remember the day I woke up to watching the explosions and burning from fukushima daiichi. I think that I was only 4 days away from giving birth and I had this sudden overwhelming feeling of regret and pain. I think I knew EVERYTHING would change for everyone on the planet. And I think I cried for a long time after that but not just for me but for my baby and everyone that I love and the whole world...
My son was born 15th of March anda few days after he was born we had a terrible sand storm come from Kuwait and it came all to the gulf of the middle east. There is no escape from breathing this and I think I know now and I imaging all the s--- we must have breathed that day...
I spent so much time trying to convince my husband to not eat seafood and trying to find ways to 'protect' us but lets face it this is something like playing God we can't control this.
In the end I begged my husband to move back with me to Australia our second home. I see on this forum a lot that people consider to move here as an option to escape California and Canada. I'm sorry to say but Australia did get hit badly.
In Melbourne we have activists measuring rain the same readings as fukushima. In Sydney same story and in QLD where I am from we had radiation clouds officially reported come over us a lot and rain down on us. Lots of contaminated foods and milk. They don't put it on our news we only find out from small independent papers that we read. But still they tell us don't worry and the Aus gov is not testing. We have A HUGE imports from Japan here. Food, electronics, clothes etc. My husband has a guitar from Japan. All my family have Tvs and things from Japan and LOTS of Japanese cars. We love Japanese cars here.
I use to feed my son lots of vitamins thinking I was doing good now I find out it could have contamination and believe me I cried I cried so hard. But what can I do the damage is donw. I'm not saying give up and I'm not saying just roll over and take it or die. I am waiting for the lab I submitted my samples to on the results and I tell u it is making me sick the stress.
I have so much pain from this thinking that for 2 months I gave my baby this without knowing. So much pain in my heart its sometimes unbearable. But I can't take it back. But life isn't that easy and there are people in my life who I am willing to fight on for.
I pray that because of my actions no harm comes to my baby or myself.
The truth is the world is so small. So small then what we really imaging.
Harm from fukushima daiichi is everywhere! It is hard to escape. But I tell you something I feel in my heart worse things will come. Worse will happen look at this world. If you don't believe in God Its hard to make this argument and I am not very strong in religion but I do believe something is happening. A plan maybe? Who knows. This fukushima is probably I fear not the worst thing we will face. This is not what you want to hear I know. But you need to understand that there is limits to our power in this. But understand and TRY to take comfort in the fact that others are feeling and going through the same as you.
Try to live. Live the best way you can. And believe me I cried for you and everyone else on this world. Whatever happens don't forget each other.
I love you all!
Sources of information
Hi, I wanted to comment on some things you said:
I think your sources of information are not good if they are still leading you to believe that you are or ever were in serious danger. There is a lot of easily misunderstood stuff out there and some flat-out misinformation.
For example, since last April there have been people measuring the radioactivity of rain with Geiger counters and claiming it is from Fukushima, but rain is actually naturally radioactive (just nobody paid attention until now). I replicated those rain results myself several months ago and you can read about it here.
Also, the reports of "radiation clouds" that many were talking about last year were largely based on weather forecasts with scary-looking graphics. I have discussed this here.
Where have you heard that there is "lots of contaminated foods and milk"?
We did our own testing here with the proper equipment and concluded the same thing that the US (and Australian) governments have concluded: that the radioactive fallout from Fukushima was far too small to worry about.
Mark [BRAWM Team Member]
Do what you can: RO water.
Do what you can:
RO water. Southern Hemisphere food. HEPA filter. Stay out of the rain. Stay informed.
Forget the rest.
Really, the things you cannot fix.... FORGET IT. Do not permit yourself to ruminate on it. Enjoy your life.
Once you've done all you can, any extra weight is not meant for your shoulders. If you can't get it off your mind, become an activist. In any way you like. Your efforts WILL make a difference. Numbers are the only thing that can conquer money.
Practice makes perfect, in letting go that which is not in your control. If you have trouble doing this on your own, seek a psychologist's help. You are no use to yourself or anyone else if you are quivering mass of fear. We do not need to be fearful to take action. All my very best to you, I know how hard this is for you.
"Do what you can:"
What a great post! Short, sweet and positive. Thank you for that excellent advice to the OP.
We did all of that until we moved to S. America a few months ago. Thanks to this forum and terrific contributions from so many good people, we went the bottled, then RO water route, S. Hemisphere food, etc, but the slow and steady US collapse and growing police state was the proverbial straw that broke the camels back thing and we just decided not to live like that any longer.
We are much happier now and stress free. There are more and more US people moving here, but more so from Canada, Europe and Aus. Our immigration attorney here says it's been trending that way for a few years. Most people in the US just refuse to see how bad it is there. Or if they do, they think the remedy is "prepping" (we used to do that too). You don't realize how dysfunctional it is in the US until you leave and look back objectively.
I like the advice to take action, OP. It is terrific therapy. Channel all that energy and stress into something constructive and you'll feel like you are reborn.
Is it really safer in South America?
Can you tell me which country you moved to? We are in Westcoast Canada but don't speak the languages in South America and don't know anyone.. Which country is safe to raise a family?
Like many others, we moved to
Like many others, we moved to Chile.
Primarily Spanish speaking, but many under 35 or so speak English half decently. We took a crash course (downloaded a free program) and made it fun. Still learning! Most people who move here do not speak Spanish - they just learn in time. It's the least of our worries.
Do some research about the country - it's booming and beautiful, with a very very strong family-centered culture, great schools and healthcare. Like so many others who have made a new life, we love it here.
Oh, and Santiago will remind
Oh, and Santiago will remind you very much of Toronto!
I understand. Time to
I understand. Time to prioritize your thoughts and energy and PRAY. You'll receive guidance.