Trapped underground, being in denial over cheating...
This morning I'm discussing the Chilean miners' plight on BBC radio Newcastle at 8.50. It's almost impossible to imagine what it's like to be deprived of everything - family, friends, proper food, sunshine, time off - everything we take for granted.
It's such an extreme circumstances they’re in - not surprised the government has sent antidepressants down today. In the coming months I imagine many could suffer psychological problems – it’d drive you mad, wouldn't it?
I hope that there are a few miners with real leadership skills who happened to be trapped in that group. Without some solid leadership they could annihilate each other - maybe not physically but through arguments and bullying as the stress gets the better of them.
Hopefully they'll end up developing a wartime mentality and pull together in their dire circumstances. Because the alternative is something like "Lord of the flies".
Then at 10 I'm speaking to BBC radio London about whether it's possible for a woman not to know her husband’s been having numerous affairs - obviously stemming from the Tiger Woods story - his ex-wife Elin says she really didn't know.
TODAY’S THOUGHT: some people in the press are sceptical about this. But not everyone has a suspicious mind. And if he was as cunning and manipulative as I suspect, she may well not have known.
On the other hand some women (and men) go into denial and don't want to face what their mind is telling them. You can play that game for a certain amount of time, hoping the affair will stop, but believe me I wouldn't - I'd rather have it out!
If you're in that situation now - denying what you suspect - far better to sit that person down and try and get to the bottom of things.
It's like flippin’ November outside my office window - can’t believe this summer's going to end on a grey note - here's hoping for some sunshine over the bank holiday!
Hope there's a little bit of sun where you are, Pam X