restingstitchface: Handmade - DNT (Erudite)
Jonathan Crane ([personal profile] restingstitchface) wrote in [community profile] abraxasnet2023-04-09 03:57 am

@everyone

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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[personal profile] ordinar 2023-04-09 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, well, maybe Aurelius was full of shit.
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[personal profile] ordinar 2023-04-09 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
I just think it's totally crap to say that if you're sad about something, it's your fault. It isn't something you can turn on and off.
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[personal profile] ordinar 2023-04-10 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, so they're hypocrites.
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[personal profile] ordinar 2023-04-10 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Are you a psychologist or something?
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[personal profile] ordinar 2023-04-10 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Is there a difference?

Never mind, it doesn't really matter.

You really want people dumping all their problems on you?
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[personal profile] ordinar 2023-04-12 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds exhausting.
[He can barely handle his own problems, never mind those of other people?]
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[personal profile] ordinar 2023-04-12 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
I guess.

So what wisdom do you have to offer?
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and now for the world's most intellectual reply

[personal profile] ordinar 2023-04-17 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
Oh.

Right. Makes sense.
[Well, he's not gonna talk about himself, so...]
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[personal profile] ordinar 2023-04-17 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Not really.

Welcome, by the way. You probably won't get bored here, at least.
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[personal profile] ordinar 2023-04-19 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I've already been through at least, like, three super fucked up things since I got here.
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[personal profile] ordinar 2023-04-20 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
[...Yeah, about that.]
Like what?
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[personal profile] ordinar 2023-04-22 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I do that already.

I mean, it's like...training. Hand to hand combat.
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[personal profile] ordinar 2023-04-26 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Like six months?

Not very long.

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