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Aurelius once wrote, "If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment."

My fundamental concern about this wisdom is that it fails to spot the physical root of trauma. People who cannot snap out of their distress also deserve compassion and treatment.

My apologies for the intrusion. Locals informed me about the recent chaos and I found myself concerned and a little hesitant about reaching out. Back home I treat those who approach me for support with their mental health. I had excellent resources there but here I can offer nothing but a listening ear.

I understand some of you might be feeling exposed, stressed and intimidated. To you I offer my own wisdom. If you worry about what lies ahead, you will be the only one who suffers in the end.

To all else, kind regards for listening.

Oh. Reading, isn’t it? This system is entirely new to me. What a brave new world this place is.

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[theidlemaiden]

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨! 𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥?

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It does and thank you for your kind words.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳?

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Dr. Jonathan Crane. You may address me in whatever fashion suits you.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘈𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴? 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴𝘦? 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦.

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Psychiatrists - mind doctors as you call them - utelise conversation, medication, psychosocial intervention and a set list of criteria to analyse symptoms and offer diagnosis. Does that answer your question?

Regarding what might exist here, I am certain I shall find something applicable. I only hope that is sooner rather than later.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶! 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐'𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 - 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦.

[ They'd probably make a killing though, with the things she knows that have happened to her friends. ]

𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦? 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵.

[ That and everyone has to make a living somehow. ]

[restingstitchface]

[Money makes the world go round, right?]

Absolutely. I am planning to offer my services within the Horizon. There exists no better guarantee of comfort nor privacy.

[theidlemaiden]

[ Even a new world doesn't stop that from being a reality, unfortunately. ]

𝘖𝘩, 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯? 𝘋𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦?

[restingstitchface]

Well, in the beginning of a session I usually ask questions. Questions about life, family, physical and mental health. Then I listen to them explain all their problems so I may understand and offer guidance. Does that elaborate on the process for you?

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵? 𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴? 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴? 𝘖𝘳 𝘰𝘩! 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴?

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All of the above and then some. Not that most are especially willing at first.

Relationship problems, you see? Sorry. Bad sense of humour.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮, 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘦?

𝘐'𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢! 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘹𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬?

[restingstitchface]

Of course. I think that would be a lovely thing to do. I'm available most evenings and weekends if those times are good for you?

i think we can wrap here? 💕

[theidlemaiden]

𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵! 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘯. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯.