tonight..

[insanetimbo]

Alone and exposed, she stands on the corner on this warm winter night. She defies her solitude with loud words and sobs, stabbing phrases wracked with hurt and anger while her tear-slicked cheeks glint under the streetlight

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[alasthai]

Was she in imminent danger, was she able to help herself, were you able to help her, and was it possible that you could harm her by attempting to help?

I am just thinking that, if I saw someone fall over on the street with gushing bullet-wound, I would rush to help stanch the flow of blood, but, if I saw someone walking along wheezing and clutching her chest, the most that I am likely to do is ask her if she needs to see a doctor, and, if she were just walking along wheezing, I would not really have a reason to intervene at all.

The woman whom you describe sounds unhappy, but not in imminent danger, and she might not welcome interference.

You could possibly resolve from this that you will try, in the future, to ask people if they need any help (i.e. professional help which you can direct them towards), but I think that you would be wrong to beat yourself up over not intervening in someone else's crisis, particularly when that crisis is related to past events, because that makes any current situation psychological, which is all

[reverberates]

I felt this way a couple times. I just never know whether or not the person wants comfort so I go on my way but inside I feel badly for them.

I just wanted to come to your journal to wish you a happy birthday <3

I know I don't comment a lot but I got a message about your birthday coming up and figured, "why not?"

[insanetimbo]

Aw thankyou! hhave a lovely day yourself!