@everyone

[restingstitchface]

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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[stations]

Are you a therapist?

[vecna]

A listening ear? And how often do you find that this actually eases the burden of deeply-rooted trauma?

[nomnoms]

[ BAD SCRIBBLES GO AWAY

AAARRRRGHHH ]

[the_keeper]

D̷̛̟̥̳̝̭͈̪̪͇̳͈̮͖̊̆͆̽̃͊͒͂̌̐̍͠o̴̰̥̙͕̯͎̻̼͕̼͋̍̄͑͊͋ y̷̻̞̦͈͖͈̙͍͚̝̫̔o̴̰̥̙͕̯͎̻̼͕̼͋̍̄͑͊͋ǘ̸̧̠̤̹̞͇͔̺͇̱͠ͅ




[ Sabine reaches up dissolving the words before her, and starts again. ]

𝓓𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓫𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓿𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽?

𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓻𝓷 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓾𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓾𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰?

[thedevilwhorose]

Oh, thank goodness you're here.

[takeatrip]

[Okay, he's curious and has to ask--]

Psychologist, psychiatrist, or something else?

[ordinar]

Yeah, well, maybe Aurelius was full of shit.

[theidlemaiden]

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

[beautifullies]

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑, 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑤. 𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎 𝑝𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡?

[catholica]

A therapist and a lawyer.

You and I are the beginning of a terrible joke. You're new?

[cryptsleeper]

Advice born of observation: maybe wait a few weeks before bringing up a highly sensitive subject. Especially if you are new.

[rarebenedictine]

He also ruled in time of the greatest plague his nation ever witnessed. I doubt that sick and dying citizens of Rome appreciated those particular words of their emperor. Nor his adopted brother Lucius Verus who perished from it.

Forgive me this foray into history. I myself am a medic, and can only agree with your stance. It is not only the injuries of the body that needs healing. You are most kind to offer your help.

[carmesi]

We didn't even get your name.

[obiwanofthosedays]

One cannot be completely blind to the potential future, but being mindful of the present to maintain clarity of mind can assist greatly in centering oneself after a traumatic experience.

[aquilus]

[It's rare that anything he's familiar with from home is mentioned by the other Summoned, so Altaïr can't help but reply.]

Marcus Aurelius. Fan of the Stoics?

[communish]

You do a lot of work with trauma?

[bestfuneralever]

oooh i know u~
i mean idk u personally
but ik ur TYPE
ive seen PLENTY of chaise longues if ykwim