I tend to be like Sue and am usually able to "reset" after reading a story, which is probably why I have no strong aversion to deathfics either (although I respect that a number of members of this board do). This doesn't mean that I haven't felt haunted or deeply saddened after reading one, but for me often a cry over a story helps me release some of my deeply-buried feelings over real-life things that I haven't been able to or wanted to let myself cry over.
Carol, my thoughts are with you too over this trying time in your life. {{{{more hugs}}}}
Now maybe I'm just missing something, but...
Ann began this thread by saying that the Lois deathfic is back again. But where? Has a story just been posted without a warning, so that she read it? I assume that there was a reason to bring this all up again.
Kathy