#second therapist it is i guess

[nobodybetterlookatme]

The way I was totally right about my therapist being able to do not shit for me in this situation lmao

[youremyonlyhope]

Living with Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors

Me: *Is super stressed over life.*

Trichotillomania: Time to pull some hair! C'mon. You won't even notice you're doing it. It'll make you feel better.

Me: NO. *Spends 4 days putting hair in a mini twist protective style* There.

Dermatillomania: Hey. Your hands are free. And restless. And dry... Pick your skin. Bleed. Bleed.

Me: Stop! *Starts up a new crochet project to keep hands busy.* Ok cool.

Onychophagia: Hi hi. Your nails are.... perfect biting length... you should do that.

Me: Noooooooooooo *Paints nails.*

Dermatillomania: Oh look, you got some nail polish on your skin. Pick it off... now pick some more...

Me: SDJAKFDSJFKLDKAFDJKLAFJDKSAKLFDASL

[tecnestheim962]

Guys. It’s 5 AM and I have two exams, a lab, an interview, and a concert today, I’ve gotten no sleep, and yet in the time I was meant to be sleeping, all I could think about was Rosegarden because of course they take up any and all down time I get but

Guys.

What if. At the end of it all. Salem and Ozma have departed the world. The gods have left for good. Everyone is standing in one place, uncertain. And someone asks, “so… what do we do now?” And Ruby and Oscar look at each other and say at the same time, “whatever we’d like”

BECAUSE THEIR CHARACTERS ARE FOILS OF OZMA AND SALEM AND WHEN THEY FINALLY REACHED THEIR GOALS TWICE THATS WHAT THEY SAID BUT FIRST IT WAS OZMA AND THEN IT WAS SALEM BUT THIS TIME ITLL BE OSCAR AND RUBY AND ITLL COME FULL CIRCLE AND-

[gibbearish]

ive seen ppl saying smth in the wider plagiarism discussion to the tune of "don't worry anxious people, it's impossible to accidentally plagiarize!" and i feel like that lacks a lot of nuance that anxious brains like mine latch on to to just dismiss the possibility outright, as well as a lack of life experiences fueling it.

it is possible to "accidentally plagiarize" in that you can read something, forget about it, then a while later have your brain spit the ideas back out without telling where it got them. so of course you just assume they're yours and share them as such, because That's Where Most Of The Thoughts In Your Head Come From! and it both is and isn't plagiarism, you weren't /intending/ to pass someone's else's work off as your own, i'd even say in a way you were just as much a victim of misinformation as your audience. but you very much so did still resuse the work of someone else, even if you don't remember it.

but in my experience, this kind of thing also happens to a lot of people. you tell a friend a joke then wake up in a cold sweat two days later realizing the reason they didnt laugh was because they'd told you that joke a month ago. you reply to a friend's text and after sending you realized you ended it with the same exact phrase as theirs. you're writing edgy poetry and write a line you really like only to see it in a text post two days later saying youve already liked the post. like, it happens. so if it DOES happens and you're just honest and explain, people will understand. something like "oh shit im sorry, i totally have read that, i mustve forgotten and only remembered bits and pieces and just thought they were mine. thank you for letting me know and for the source" works wonders.

people know you can forget things. people won't automatically doubt your apology just because all true plagiarists say it was accidental. HOPEFULLY people can understand the nuance between a genuine remorseful explanation, and a thief who hoped no one would find out scrambling for excuses for why they did it. and those who can't, that's a them problem, not a you problem, you've taken responsibility for your actions as much as you can. they think the answer is simple, that the only thing stopping you from saying "yes i did it on purpose, i knew the whole time and deliberately copied them" is shame/inability to admit to your actions. but sometimes things AREN'T that simple, so imo ppl who are shitty to you for not following the script they made up for you in their head should be ignored

[flossingh]

I am very lucky that the personality and temperament I had in mind for Rook as a starting point just so happened to align with what Bioware had in mind and thus I enjoyed spending time with her (even if I did try to steer in to the hubris and regret and making mistakes thing with... rather little payoff), but.

Perhaps it was a unique mistake to choose the Veil Jumpers for my faction, because Bellara is the most competent of all the Veil Jumpers and Rook knows basically nothing, but.

Like, why is Rook there? Rook isn't someone Solas doesn't know; he says he's been keeping an eye on her the entire time she was with Varric and Harding (let's never mind about how for the minute). She has no unique skill like the Inquisitor. The story isn't about her in an irreplaceable way the way it is for Hawke. The Warden, the most blank slate of them all, is a better and more determined leader, no matter what other personality traits you give them, who has to struggle and fight for every victory. Rook isn't even an expert in her own field, because whatever companion shares your faction is.

So what exactly is Rook bringing to the table, here? What can she offer to this story? Why does it need to be hers?

[astriiformes]

Ah. The scrupulosity.

[like-wuatafauq]

I need someone that can handle my repressed memories lmaooo because tell me why I accidentally got soap in my mouth and then stood there for a hot second because I remembered my mother shoving a soap bar into my mouth and I remember feeling her hand going back and forth with the bar as she held my head down with her other hand and I remembered looking in the mirror telling myself to never forget what she was doing but then I had completely forgotten that until now. I was around 8 years old(im 25 now)

But Like yeah sorry I dissociated for second I promise I'm not a Debbie Downer just like let my brain load back to reality. I'm like super hot super fun or whatever.

[gunpowder-gemini]

Do y'all ever get like weirdly resistant to doing things bc people keep asking you to do them? Like there's a book series I wanna read but a friend has been pestering me to read it and keeps asking if I've read it and gets kinda bummed whenever I say I haven't yet.

And like, it's making me wanna not read it bc fucking jeez I'll get to it when I get to it and if I force myself to read it bc they want me to I won't enjoy it bc it'll feel like an obligation or a chore and not something I'm choosing to do for fun

But on the flip side I feel bad bc I'm SURE I'll like it bc it's super up my alley, and I know they're recommending it bc they like it a lot and they know I'll like it too! And actually I had found and intended to read this series BEFORE my friend ever read it! And I wanna talk to my friend about this thing they like even if I end up not enjoying it yknow?

But the stubborn part of my brain is digging in it's heels and getting weirdly resentful and wants to NOT read it bc said friend is so excited and like??? what a shitty emotion, to start to resent the idea of something bc someone you care about likes it??? fucking WHY ugh let me try the things my friends enjoy

[stillagoodwitch]

today i was catching up with my friend and i had to be like yeah i haven’t been out much lately surviving the horrors have kinda turned from a nights thing to every moment i have my eyes open thing and she suddenly went serious and said “do you know what triggered it because something must have” and that’s when i remembered she’s a therapist…

[diary-of-some-random-gothamite]

REALISED I FORGOT TO SAY GUYS I AM OFFICIALLY BACK, NOT MENTALLY BUT I AM PHYSICALLY.

[tamagotchikgs]

i try my best not to think of it and i havent in years but the fact the only people who were ever supposed to be my friends irl would always dump their love on me and then to leave me & say they dont like me over and over and over again only so they could watch my reaction n make fun of me together maybe did affect me huh

[emberwritesinsight]

Stayed up literally all night on Tuesday for no good reason. Expected I'd be really sleepy on Wednesday, but instead I was VERY awake. And twitchy. Flinched at noise more than usual. Couldn't concentrate even medicated. Got bitten by the inspiration bug and did some animating in a haze of divine madness, that part was fun. Overall fucked up and stressful would not reccomend

[miss-morland]

my main goal is for everyone to like me is that wrong

[freddyfreeman]

It gives me hives whenever therapists suggest that maybe a medical issue could be the result of unresolved trauma/a delayed reaction to trauma. That’s a baseless claim… literally, pseudoscience. To be clear, I think that psychological trauma can induce physiological stress that can contribute to the development of medical issues (disease and chronic illness). But that doesn’t mean that you can look at the end state, and conclude etiology just from that. And yet, therapists do this… ALL THE TIME.

[areyoudoingthis]

I'm gonna have to get on the evil pills pms is really ruining my life

[dazesanddoodles]

been keeping shiv and roman’s unnamed therapists in my thoughts this past week