Lol in Brazil you hear gunshots daily depending where you live... imagine this the people of a country shooting themselves, your countrymen are also your enemies and you don't feel safe anywhere... Of course both are bad situations but in Brazil I get to be in danger and also be poor while in Ukraine, Europe, USA, people are rich...
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I wouldn't say people in Ukraine are rich. usual person here have 200-400 hundred dollars a month. and don't compare gunshots with ballistic missile, when I experienced it first time I couldn't sleep for two days. I was more or less calm but it was just massive shock that I couldn't sleep
not comparing, no one should be in either: crime, poverty, war, it's just sad like I said in the reply I will never hear even an earthquake because there are zero natural disasters here, it was supposed to be a peaceful and rich land but it's dangerous and poor instead, but hope we all get lifted into prosperity
My experience with air raids in Ukraine was, I guess you could say, a "gradual" introduction. First two visits during the war I heard them multiple times but was never close enough to actually experience anything, beyond _maybe_ hearing some explosions very, very, far away in Odesa. Heck, I slept through the sirens multiple times. And a lot of those times I was around Ukrainians who totally ignored the air raids. 😂
First time I was actually close enough to experience anything was seeing what I think was a cruise missile getting shot down, probably 2-3kms away, as well as another time hearing a loud explosion (probably from a ballistic missile hit) while having dinner at an outdoor restaurant. Again, everyone around me just ignored it.
I've been within 1-2kms from explosions a few more times since. I find that the sirens are a bit more likely to wake me up than at first. But possibly because I got introduced gradually to this, it didn't affect my sleep noticably. And I'm here voluntarily, which probably makes a difference too.
Of course, I've done a lot of pretty dangerous stuff in my life before, eg cave exploration. So I may be just more calm around danger in general.