You are not alone when it comes to bad luck... I was diagnosed with lung cancer... My Godmother just died 2 weeks ago... I broke my leg on 12/14/09 and still on crutches...
I once heard of a child being bitten by a dangerous venomous snake. The mother rushed to help him and sucked the venom like you're told to do, but she had a cut in her mouth and the venom got into her and she died.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.