Her treatment at the hands of the medical establishment seems horrific: by the age of 14 she was taking 16 Xanax a day.
When I'm on top of a mountain, the idea of hiking down seems horrific when I could jump off instead, fly at more than 100mph and land safely at the bottom in two minutes.
But "not feeling" has a cost of its own: not to be emotionally and intellectually compelled to understand and avoid the horror of war also seems horrific in its own way.
And even then, hell doesn't seem so horrific.
Then maybe what they did won't seem so horrific, so unforgivable.
Enemy losses were much higher, but that only made the war seem more horrific and out of control.
Ms Oswald is aware that these characters can at times seem more horrific than heroic: "This is horrible this is some kind of bloodfeast".
It's also stomach-churning because every new detail uncovered makes the crime seem more horrific: Omar Mateen, the shooter, apparently frequented the club and used Grindr, and his wife may have known about the attack.
"Some of those stories seemed so horrific," Mr. Crawford said while he nervously awaited the debate.
It seemed a horrific omen, as unsightly as the Jets' offensive production over their last 25 drives entering Monday: seven three-and-outs, six turnovers.
