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You can have it. If you can take it from me.

Alex Rider, S03E04 - Recruit

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i just heard the phrase “if you wouldn’t trust their advice, don’t trust their criticism” for the first time and i don’t think i’ve ever needed to hear anything more

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A little bit of knowledge, free for the taking, prompted by something in my entirely offline life:

When a therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, or any other competent mental health practitioner tells you in a mild or observational tone that you are "very good at compartmentalizing" in your first session, that's not actually a good thing.

Like it's not inherently a bad thing either, to be clear: we generally develop intense compartmentalization skills because we needed them! They have a purpose!

But what they mean is not "gosh, look at you with your high level elite skill that everyone should aspire to, you barely need any help from me at all!"

What they mean is " . . . ah. You . . . have been through a lot of shit. Hmm."

What they mean is that your compartmentalization capacity is obvious even in this very brief first conversation and that means that you are compartmentalized to a point where you probably don't actually know how you feel about things and have entire rooms of Psychological Wounds you not only aren't actually attending to but don't know or admit are there.

I say this as someone who generally gets this, assuming I have not already myself said, "so as a result of bullshit I am great at compartmentalizing myself all the way to a breakdown/ruining my own life!" and thus we have shared the Dark Laughter of Serious Mental Health Work. It's not a bad thing, AS SUCH.

It's just not "look at you and your totally healthy self! A+ in mental health, a thing that is possible to achieve and healthy to want!"

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So I randomly stumbled across this poll by @pennameverity and I got a chuckle out of it, but want to see a larger sample size so I putting it here too. Check out below the cut for original results and a link to the post. If this is related to some tv show, book, or other piece of media, I have no idea what it is.

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(Note: construe "I" as you, the person reading this, not me, the person posting this!)

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i wonder what they're gossiping about

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it’s difficult to be a dom with anarchist leanings.

my sub will be like “i have to tell you something… i broke a rule. i’ll accept whatever punishment you see fit.” and i’m like. rise up comrade you have nothing to lose but your padded restraints. no doms no masters. oh you want me to spank you. yeah i can do that.

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companions

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REVERSE TROPE WRITING PROMPTS

Too many beds

Accidentally kidnapping a mafia boss

Really nice guy who hates only you

Academic rivals except it’s two teachers who compete to have the best class

Divorce of convenience

Too much communication

True hate’s kiss (only kissing your enemy can break a curse)

Dating your enemy’s sibling

Lovers to enemies

Hate at first sight

Love triangle where the two love interests get together instead

Fake amnesia

Soulmates who are fated to kill each other

Strangers to enemies

Instead of fake dating, everyone is convinced that you aren’t actually dating

Too hot to cuddle

Love interest CEO is a himbo/bimbo who runs their company into the ground

Nursing home au

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GUIDED BY ANGELS

BUT THEY’RE NOT HEAVENLY

THEY’RE IN MY BODY

AND THEY GUIDE ME

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I think it's funny that in French the word for "unicorn" is "licorne" because:

The word "unicorne" was first reanalyzed as "une icorne"

The definite article was then added, making it "l'icorne"

The new definite form was reanalyzed once again, resulting in "une licorne"

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Guess who just figured out how to climb inside the woodstove???

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Did you mean: the chapter I just finished this morning?

I've made a Fic Idea Generator for when you're not sure what to write. I hope you all like it. It's already given me some bangers so far:

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10/10 on the trail name for this one