July 30, 2012

• Man Runs Into Train

     I was on the train, on the way back from my appointment yesterday, and when we got to the Granville stop the trains P.A system beeped. We, the passengers were informed via recording that the train has stopped because of faulty equipment. Damn, an inconvenience so close to home. Anyway, the other passengers and I were waiting and I looked out the trains window and saw that there was a crowd forming out on the platform, not far from the car I was in. I decided to go see what was going on and when I went outside, I saw him lying there. 

     I approached this man that was lying on the ground and at first I didn't know what was going on -- did he faint, did he trip and fall, what happened? I knew it was something more than fainting that was making him snore. It didn't take me long to notice that he had a knock on his forehead, blood on his ear, and when I looked up I saw one of his shoes about fifteen to twenty feet away. That's when I knew that him and the train made contact with one another. This injured person woke up not much longer and when he did he was completely disoriented; the onlookers and myself stressed that he shouldn't move, but, he didn't listen. He wound up standing up and that's where we all saw the thick amount of blood in the back of his head. His hair was drenched with pure red and I knew it was deep because the blood was not only thick, but, on the ground where he lay too. After he stood up all of us were trying to get the man to sit back down on the platform but instead he walked into the train and sat in a seat, ready to go to his destination (did he even know where he was going though?). A couple of us walked into the train and spoke with him, we told him he has to go to the hospital, He declined, I told him again that he had to go, he was injured badly, and his head was bleeding. He felt the back of his head and that's when he discovered the blood for himself. He got up, leaving blood against the wall of the train, and we then convinced him to sit on the platforms bench -- at this time the EMT's arrived and he was in good hands. We were able to relax now, our babysitting jobs were over.

      At one point I overheard a woman tell one of the C.T.A (Chicago Transit Authority) security guards that she witnessed him hit the train with force. With the way she was explaining this accident, it looked even more so that it could have been on purpose. She said that it kind of looked like he ran into the train. And to tell you the truth, given the way American society is going and the attitude changes many Americans are having -- discouragement, anger, disappointment, angst, stress, and desperation (due to the fact that things are getting tough, economically and socially) -- I am not surprised. I myself am getting help with my mental problems but not everyone has the luxury of good insurance -- sometimes there is no helping people though, I know this, I'm not dismissing the power of what not seeing tomorrow can have on people. Damn, I'm so glad I was able to snap out of that particular funk, that is a terrible place to be. 

       Seeing sad and crazy things such as what I saw at the Granville stop are horrible experiences to have, but they happen, and that's life. It's my belief that it's best for the well-being of us as individuals to not take those negative experiences to heart, as best as we can. Instead, say a prayer or be of some service to that sad soul, or souls, if that man did jump into that train on purpose then maybe that's all he wanted. It's hard to be alone, it's even harder to be lonely with no one there to give you company. 

        I don't know exactly why it's me that winds up seeing, or witnessing such intense sights but, I can only assume that it's because I'm meant to be one of those people that helps to reinstate the feeling of importance to the folks that have lost their value for themselves. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

  

   

   Let's be there for each other...

   

   

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  http://thatswhatgerrysaid.tumblr.com/post/19740223893

  http://societyforhumanisticpsychology.blogspot.com/2011/05/positive-effects-of-depression.htm     

   

   

                   

                                                                                                                                          

   

   

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