A horrible tragedy today, children, teachers and the school principle are murdered in what we have previously considered a safe place, our public elementary schools. Some are blaming this on mental illness and others will say it is due to just plain evil that exists in the world. I tend to believe this is what culminates from a perfect storm... just like a cancer.
Start with someone who has a genetic predisposition for mental illness, add to that the challenges and pains of childhood and the teenage years, also add to that a difficult upbringing by parents who make mistakes (sometimes really big mistakes) including abuse and neglect, then add to that desensitization by violent movies and video games, compound all of this with environmental exposures that affect the brain and nervous system (vaccinations, psychiatric medications, heavy metals and dietary excitotoxins), plus a lack of nutritional support for a healthy functioning mind and hormone balance... and then on top of all that, we now have a history of these mass shootings which feeds this soul and mind helping him to believe that he can and will accomplish this horrific task. It's the perfect storm and it's extremely sad and disheartening for all of America.
My heart aches for these families, the mommies and daddies who went to rescue their children only to find them dead, the brothers and sisters of those children, the children whose parents died, the children who witnessed the killings, the community that is hurting so badly tonight and will never be the same again. Oh dear God, help us.
