AIBU to feel upset after the London Bridge attack today?

[LoopyLou1981]

I wasn’t on the bridge. My office overlooks it. I heard the gunshots. Saw some badly injured people dragged off of the bridge for emergency medical car. We were locked in to our building for 2.5 hours and had to walk out through the cordon to get out and home.
I’ve always been of the opinion that, if they’ve affected me, then they’ve won and I’m so cross with myself for feeling affected by it. Especially when I wasn’t even really involved 🙁

It's touched your life so reasonable it's playing on your mind. I'm sure many in similar situation are feeling shook up tonite.

YANBU, very traumatic experience. Scary times.

Yanbu. How scary and traumatic for you.

Of course you’re not being unreasonable OP.

You were really close by though OP, so in essence you were involved. You will remember today forever xx

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Rather odd question.
HowTF is that Unreasonable?
Everyone should be upset over it.

Close proximity or not.

If you want to say what you saw/heard, then simply do so, rather than make a superfluous AIBU about it.

Many lives have been affected forever.

Yanbu at all, anybody in your situation would be affected by it. it's not about if they have won it's about compassion and also you've had a shock.

OP of course yanbu, what an awful experience.
Pavlov show a bit a empathy.

How frightening for you. I hope you and your colleagues are okay.

YANBU you were close to something really shocking.

I get what you say about not “wanting” to be affected. We don’t want to be imprisoned by our own fears of what may happen. But you are a human being with emotions. So don’t suppress your fears and anxieties about what you,‘be seen. Talk about it if you can. It’s natural to feel like this. Sorry you have been witness at such close quarters. It is so horrible for everyone involved

It was all totally dreadful - now I think how folk coped in WW2 in, say, London - bombings day and night - its a wonder the whole lot didnt have nervous breakdowns. We all have to carry on just like they all did...........

Not unreasonable. When you witness and are right in it, it affects you more. I was there for 7/7 and it has stayed with me. Very traumatic.

No, YANBU. It was an awful thing and you were at the heart of it. Must have been terrifying. Make sure you talk, always talk.

Realistically it will all be over tomorrow. With all due respect to those who were murdered by this mad terrorist.

May they rest in peace. Sounds trite, but what else can we say..

It's very understandable to be affected in the immediate aftermath when you were so close to it. I think 'being affected' long term would be not being able to go back to your workplace or something similar. 'They' haven't won. They've temporarily scared you but you will recover.