To be told I am made of stone

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By a friend today as I am not wound up about the situation with North Korea
She is up all night scared to death and is stockpiling food and is a far as I can see scaring her kids to death talking about it
I am the more if it happens it happens and there is dam all I can do about it so I am not worrying about it. Of course I give it the odd passing though and sometimes the news makes me go "oh shit" but that's it.
She said I am made of stone

If you think what I have posted is that boring and unreasonable then move on

You are definitely not made of stone if you're this easily offended by people gently disagreeing with you. If anything, you seem hyper-sensitive.

Doris I think the ramifications would be so far reaching that we would all be affected.

I'm surprised you are making this about you. It sounds like your poor friend has quite severe MH problems, particularly if she's making her children so anxious they can't sleep.

I'm with you OP, I think oh shit if I hear/watch the news but otherwise just get on with things.

I'll be hugely cross to be nuked having spent a fortune on secondary school uniform (was having nightmares that it was beginning of September instead of August). (Another priority is seeing if Kyle the safe cracker opened the safe yet - I think I'm turning into father Dougal and can't tell where reality is as I just like mumsnetting instead of real life).

Batshit, bonkers etc. Lovely replies. Your poor friend will come out of this, perhaps with support. Sounds like she's suffering a severe episode of anxiety. Usually, it is something that will end when she can accept or deal with the situation or if it dissipates. For now she needs help to manage day to day, most importantly, her kids need caring for.

I think the main thing that is getting to me is she is scaring her kids to death so much that the oldest can't sleep in her own bed any more and the youngest is having nightmares

Thats actually abusive.

Agreed, it would be classed as emotional abuse but she is suffering. Friends and family should in an ideal world take over the care of the kids unto she comes out of this

I have severe anxiety. I'm Irish. We've seen, and been on the receiving end, of all this crap before. It's not the 'outsiders' we live in morbid fear of.

OP how is you're friend doing? I am thinking of her and surprised by he lack of support on here

I am meant to be meeting up with her this weekend so am gently going to have a chat with her about the effect on her kids.

Er rolopolo how am I not supporting her and Being a terrible friend?.
I did not use the word bonkers in my OP and would not use that word.
I did not say I was belittling her or refusing to see her. I just did not agree with something she said to me and I am worried about her and the effects on her children.

Do you have an update OP? I have still had this on my mind. Hope she's much calmer now. She needs a referral to a psychiatrist (in a nice way)

Die if you worry, die if you don't! What's the point.