Posted on 01/21/2020 12:50:04 PM PST by nikos1121
I got a nice dose of reality with Free Republic off the air this morning.
By 8 am I searched, "Is Free Republic Down" and it took me to a site that confirmed, that it was down for everyone.
By 9 am, insidiously, I noticed a frontal headache and a little anxiety.
By 10 I was having trouble concentrating and getting a bit restless and short with co-workers,
By 11 there was some paranoia with thoughts like "What if Free Republic never comes back up?" and "I think I'm hooked on this site", and "What if I can't recover from it's loss."
I tried diving back into my work, thinking the diversion would help but by noon the symptoms and signs had worsened.
By then I noticed light hand tremors and diaphoresis of the palms.
By 1 pm my speech was slurred. It was 72 degrees in the office, but my teeth were chattering, and I felt cold.
The tremors grew worse, and I could feel the sweat spreading to my arms and back, my feet tingling, and I was getting weak.
By 2 I was getting truly worried, thinking that I might have to go into detox somewhere.
Then miraculously, the site was back up, before I had to call 911.
I'm better now as I sit in my office wrapped in a blanket, sipping weak herbal tea, realizing how dependent my mental well being relies on Free Republic and interacting with all my Freeper Friends.
That's a good thing.
Maybe now's a time for those out there who are not monthly donors to donate, something, anything. It would be a terrible thing to lose our site, especially this year, when Trump needs us.
Thank you Jim. Free Republic, has truly made my life better.
It did
It was a DoS attack by Iranian-Ukrainian-Russian-Democrats conspiring in Virginia.
This was only a test. If it had been a real crisis situation, < click >
What would you do if it were gone forever?
We had a government that represented all of the people. That’s gone forever. Ow are you dealing with that?
Use it as a model. Ha ha.
I feel that litttle by little our country is coming back, and in a strange and wonderful way bringing like minded people together on these forums helps the cause.
Good one!
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