Mental health club!

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Magi said:

How does one

not feel sad

?

?

?

With many hugs

*huuuuuug*

[Keke They/he]

2 minutes ago, Magi said:

How does one

not feel sad

?

?

?

Hmmmm I feel not sad when im with my friends and laughing and joking.

 

 

but when it is gone sad comes back. 

*huggies*

[ANHlittleinsane girl but gendern't mostly]

7 minutes ago, Magi said:

How does one

not feel sad

?

?

?

Distract yourself. There will always be a little bit of sadness, cause it’s like the sea. When you’re sad it’s like a big set of waves, that just go and go and knock you down over and over again. But when that set is over and there’s a smaller set (waves move in sets, 3-5ish waves of the same size, and then it changes), the sadness retreats a little. It’s still there, the blue of the sea, but the waves aren’t knocking you down. And the only way to get through the bigger sets is to run up and down the shoreline, fleeing and chasing the water back and forth until eventually you forget why you were playing tag with the sea in the first place, and by then the sea’s calm again.

tldr: escapism

and hugs

If you ever feel like there’s no reason to be alive, read the Minecraft end poem I almost sobbed the universe loves us y’all it loves usssssssss

here’s the excerpt that makes people cry because it’s so beautiful and so sweet

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“and sometimes the player believed the universe had spoken to it through the sunlight that came through the shuffling leaves of the summer trees

and sometimes the player believed the universe had spoken to it through the light that fell from the crisp night sky of winter, where a fleck of light in the corner of the player's eye might be a star a million times as massive as the sun, boiling its planets to plasma in order to be visible for a moment to the player, walking home at the far side of the universe, suddenly smelling food, almost at the familiar door, about to dream again

and sometimes the player believed the universe had spoken to it through the zeros and ones, through the electricity of the world, through the scrolling words on a screen at the end of a dream

and the universe said I love you

and the universe said you have played the game well

and the universe said everything you need is within you

and the universe said you are stronger than you know

and the universe said you are the daylight

and the universe said you are the night

and the universe said the darkness you fight is within you

and the universe said the light you seek is within you

and the universe said you are not alone

and the universe said you are not separate from every other thing

and the universe said you are the universe tasting itself, talking to itself, reading its own code

and the universe said I love you because you are love.

And the game was over and the player woke up from the dream. And the player began a new dream. And the player dreamed again, dreamed better. And the player was the universe. And the player was love.

You are the player.

Wake up.”

 

[Mags she/they]

19 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

With many hugs

*huuuuuug*

thaaanks 

19 minutes ago, Thee insane said:

Hmmmm I feel not sad when im with my friends and laughing and joking.

 

 

but when it is gone sad comes back. 

*huggies*

I'll try and text some of my friends later, but we'll see. We all tend to be busy, which sucks.

9 minutes ago, alittleinsane said:

Distract yourself. There will always be a little bit of sadness, cause it’s like the sea. When you’re sad it’s like a big set of waves, that just go and go and knock you down over and over again. But when that set is over and there’s a smaller set (waves move in sets, 3-5ish waves of the same size, and then it changes), the sadness retreats a little. It’s still there, the blue of the sea, but the waves aren’t knocking you down. And the only way to get through the bigger sets is to run up and down the shoreline, fleeing and chasing the water back and forth until eventually you forget why you were playing tag with the sea in the first place, and by then the sea’s calm again.

tldr: escapism

and hugs

If you ever feel like there’s no reason to be alive, read the Minecraft end poem I almost sobbed the universe loves us y’all it loves usssssssss

here’s the excerpt that makes people cry because it’s so beautiful and so sweet

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“and sometimes the player believed the universe had spoken to it through the sunlight that came through the shuffling leaves of the summer trees

and sometimes the player believed the universe had spoken to it through the light that fell from the crisp night sky of winter, where a fleck of light in the corner of the player's eye might be a star a million times as massive as the sun, boiling its planets to plasma in order to be visible for a moment to the player, walking home at the far side of the universe, suddenly smelling food, almost at the familiar door, about to dream again

and sometimes the player believed the universe had spoken to it through the zeros and ones, through the electricity of the world, through the scrolling words on a screen at the end of a dream

and the universe said I love you

and the universe said you have played the game well

and the universe said everything you need is within you

and the universe said you are stronger than you know

and the universe said you are the daylight

and the universe said you are the night

and the universe said the darkness you fight is within you

and the universe said the light you seek is within you

and the universe said you are not alone

and the universe said you are not separate from every other thing

and the universe said you are the universe tasting itself, talking to itself, reading its own code

and the universe said I love you because you are love.

And the game was over and the player woke up from the dream. And the player began a new dream. And the player dreamed again, dreamed better. And the player was the universe. And the player was love.

You are the player.

Wake up.”

 

That's my typical strategy, but you can't really escape during a stats lecture 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, Magi said:

thaaanks 

I'll try and text some of my friends later, but we'll see. We all tend to be busy, which sucks.

That's my typical strategy, but you can't really escape during a stats lecture 

*more hugs*

I hope you feel better, girlie

[ANHlittleinsane girl but gendern't mostly]

5 minutes ago, Magi said:

thaaanks 

I'll try and text some of my friends later, but we'll see. We all tend to be busy, which sucks.

That's my typical strategy, but you can't really escape during a stats lecture 

Oof, stats lecture... *hugs*

[Mags she/they]

4 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

*more hugs*

I hope you feel better, girlie

Me too.

Just now, alittleinsane said:

Oof, stats lecture... *hugs*

Stats is actually pretty chill, I'm just having a hard time caring about the content and paying attention I guess

[Wittles he/him]

1 hour ago, Magi said:

Me too.

Stats is actually pretty chill, I'm just having a hard time caring about the content and paying attention I guess

That's so real

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I need to relearn english, I keep responding with that to literally everything

 

 

Stupid depresso brain thoughts are trying to kill me

I feel inadequate and useless and stupid and lonely

some hugs would be appreciated

[Keke They/he]

1 minute ago, Wittles said:

That's so real

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I need to relearn english, I keep responding with that to literally everything

 

 

Stupid depresso brain thoughts are trying to kill me

I feel inadequate and useless and stupid and lonely

some hugs would be appreciated

OI YOUR NOT ANY OF THOSE. YOUR AWESOLME MORE THEN ADEQUET AND COOL AND REALLY USEFULL AND FUNNY AND YOUR MY FRIEND AND YOUR SMART AND YOUR COOL AND YOUR FANTASTIC

*HUGS HUGS HUGS HUGS HUGS HGUS HUGS HUGS HUGS HUGS*

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

3 minutes ago, Wittles said:

That's so real

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I need to relearn english, I keep responding with that to literally everything

 

 

Stupid depresso brain thoughts are trying to kill me

I feel inadequate and useless and stupid and lonely

some hugs would be appreciated

*huuuuuuuuuuuuuug*

[ANHlittleinsane girl but gendern't mostly]

6 minutes ago, Wittles said:

That's so real

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I need to relearn english, I keep responding with that to literally everything

 

 

Stupid depresso brain thoughts are trying to kill me

I feel inadequate and useless and stupid and lonely

some hugs would be appreciated

*hugs hugs hugs hugs hugs*

[Mags she/they]

1 hour ago, Wittles said:

That's so real

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I need to relearn english, I keep responding with that to literally everything

 

 

Stupid depresso brain thoughts are trying to kill me

I feel inadequate and useless and stupid and lonely

some hugs would be appreciated

No cause when my friends text me and I'm tired, all I can think to say is "yeah" it makes me feel so fake lolllll  You're not alone buddy.

*hhhhhuggs*

[ANHlittleinsane girl but gendern't mostly]

ugh i hate how i can never focus and get something done and everything is just constant procrastination, and then I just start hating myself for it instead of doing my work and everything spirals and i wanna just bs my essay, i could if i tried, i'm a very strong writer for someone my age (when i want to be), and words come naturally to me, but whenever i try to it physically hurts me, like my chest tightens and i just wanna get the essay over with and spout out something because i hardly care anymore, but i just can't for some reason and it sucksssss

[MirkerLurker she/her]

 

On 2/17/2025 at 12:26 AM, #1 Taln Fan said:

Quite the party 

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How we doin tonight? 

OH MY GOSH I MISSED SO MUCH FUN

I wasn't paying close attention to this thread T-T also I was getting sleepy and went to bed partway through y'all chatting. Why am I in the later time zoooone *complain complain*

 

On 2/17/2025 at 12:10 AM, Thee insane said:

Uh the worry comes from... it being supernatural. Which my religion doesn't even believe in but at this point in my life I dunno what's true. And I ain't doing shee against a skin walker. Also my anxieties fight or flight is actually freeze and cry.....

So fight or flight are actually only some of the standard possible reactions. I've heard the more complete list summed up as "Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Flirt."
But yeah, freeze is also a common stress response, you're not alone in that (that's mine too! yay!).

 

On 2/17/2025 at 12:29 AM, #1 Taln Fan said:

THATS SO VALID

*hugs*



WIOOO WHO NEEDS SLEEP ANYWAY 
 

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I'm such a good example

 

 

 

Hooray adults being good examples for youth! Woo! Go us!

 

On 2/17/2025 at 12:52 AM, #1 Taln Fan said:

Nah I know what u mean, they always the chillest ones xD When I was doing Leadership Development at camp (was like 16), our counselor was like 21 and it was wild. He literally woke us up one night at 2 am with fishing rod in hand, and went "You know that fox we've seen around camp? Let's catch it". Such a vibe lol

PoV: Your counselor Mr. Taln Fan is taking you for a spin round the gokart track:
 

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Easily my favorite camp photo lol

This photo is awesome!! Also dang, your camp has a go kart track? So jealous.

I'm not a camp counselor, but I help out with a teen youth group every week. I lead a small group, it's fun! And we all went to winter camp together last week, went sledding and threw snow at each other and had a great time. Made a coffin sled out of cardboard.

 

On 2/17/2025 at 1:01 AM, #1 Taln Fan said:

If your camp is in Oklahoma, then I may be there! xD 
Funnily enough, I go by Reggie whenever I'm at camp, for literally no reason. All my camp friends still call me Reggie and I respond to it as if it were actually my name xD Gotta love the confusing lore
 

You use a different name too?! My name's Hannah, but I went by Sam (from Samwise Gamgee, yes I'm a geek) for one class each year all the way through school. Some people know me as Hannah, some as Sam, depending on which classes we shared, and I respond just as naturally to both names. Confused the life out of my teachers when they tried to compare notes about students.

 

23 hours ago, #1 Taln Fan said:

Yesss they're my top as well. There's a few songs by the Irish Rovers and The Irish Brigade that I like, tho High Kings makes up 90% of my irish playlist. The Longest Johns have a few really good Irish covers as well, like Jolly Roving Tar and Star of the County Down 

23 hours ago, #1 Taln Fan said:

I'm the opposite usually xD I have like 5ish artists at a time I listen to exclusively. Rn it's The Longest Johns, the High Kings, AJR, Linkin Park, and the Solo Leveling soundtrack 

11 hours ago, Just A Silvereye said:

 

LINKIN PARK LOVERS UNITE

Should we create a Linkin Park thread somewhere?

MUSAK SHARING WOO!

High Kings and Longest Johns are great. Have you listened to any of Colm McGuinness's stuff? He's got quite a variety of covers - he does some old Irish folk tunes, sea shanties, some video game/anime stuff, some metal, some modern, and some original stuff. He does all his own instrumentals, though he doesn't usually do vocal harmonies.

Linkin Park also great, yeah! Numb is sooo good. "And I know, that you were just like me, with someone disappointed in you..." Seriously, one of the only songs I've seen that expresses emotion like that - exhaustion, frustration, trapped, failing, numb - but also empathy for the person doing it to them. The song is so real even without that, but then that line just blew me away. Love that one.

 

4 hours ago, Magi said:

How does one

not feel sad

?

?

?

*hug*
I can't take away the sad, but I can give hugs.

 

2 hours ago, Wittles said:

That's so real

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I need to relearn english, I keep responding with that to literally everything

 

 

Stupid depresso brain thoughts are trying to kill me

I feel inadequate and useless and stupid and lonely

some hugs would be appreciated

*HUG*
I found your art thread recently. It's really good. I can say with certainty you're not inadequate or useless in that regard. (I can even post some of my own attempts at art for comparison purposes if it would make you feel better. Mine are not good lol.) And I like seeing your art. I love the contrast, the use of shadows and light that you use. You have a good eye for composition and framing, and it makes your work look dramatic and eye-catching. And your work shows you've put time, and effort, and dedication into it. I can see growth in your pieces as you've improved. That's not the result of someone stupid, or useless.

I'm sorry you feel lonely though. That one's harder to address. 

48 minutes ago, alittleinsane said:

ugh i hate how i can never focus and get something done and everything is just constant procrastination, and then I just start hating myself for it instead of doing my work and everything spirals and i wanna just bs my essay, i could if i tried, i'm a very strong writer for someone my age (when i want to be), and words come naturally to me, but whenever i try to it physically hurts me, like my chest tightens and i just wanna get the essay over with and spout out something because i hardly care anymore, but i just can't for some reason and it sucksssss

That sucks. I'm sorry. 

I definitely find that happens when I don't have an inspiration or interest in what I'm supposed to be writing. It just doesn't work. I can't get started, I can't get going, I can't get the words to work, I can't get my thoughts to focus or organize. But of course, that's not an acceptable reason to not turn in an essay. 

[Cookie Spren]

I rusting hate valentine's day.

and not just in the ironic, "oooh it's dumb because I'm jealous of other couples" kinda way.

I'm not hating on people who like it either. I just am really hurt by a lot of things that happened. And it's also terrible because something bad always happens on valentines day.

Edited February 19, 2025 by The Sly Cookie

[ANHlittleinsane girl but gendern't mostly]

1 minute ago, The Sly Cookie said:

I rusting hate valentine's day.

and not just in the ironic, "oooh it's dumb because I'm jealous of other couples" kinda way.

 

Why? (dunno how to convey this, but w/ curiosity not incredulousness)

[Cookie Spren]

Just now, alittleinsane said:

Why? (dunno how to convey this, but w/ curiosity not incredulousness)

I edited the post

[ANHlittleinsane girl but gendern't mostly]

5 minutes ago, The Sly Cookie said:

I rusting hate valentine's day.

and not just in the ironic, "oooh it's dumb because I'm jealous of other couples" kinda way.

I'm not hating on people who like it either. I just am really hurt by a lot of things that happened. And it's also terrible because something bad always happens on valentines day.

Would you like a *hug*?

[Cookie Spren]

Just now, alittleinsane said:

Would you like a *hug*?

to be very honest, yes.

and to also be very honest, I always feel like a coward or weird by saying that right out, yk?

[ANHlittleinsane girl but gendern't mostly]

Just now, The Sly Cookie said:

to be very honest, yes.

and to also be very honest, I always feel like a coward or weird by saying that right out, yk?

There is nothing cowardly, or weird about admitting to anything, dw. Also, I'm pretty sure coward is a social construct made by people who did something stupid and to cover it up labelled themselves as brave, and others as cowards.

*hugs*

[Keke They/he]

7 minutes ago, The Sly Cookie said:

I rusting hate valentine's day.

and not just in the ironic, "oooh it's dumb because I'm jealous of other couples" kinda way.

I'm not hating on people who like it either. I just am really hurt by a lot of things that happened. And it's also terrible because something bad always happens on valentines day.

… *hugs* if you want to share you can or we can just give hugs. *hugssss* this is like group therapy

1 minute ago, The Sly Cookie said:

to be very honest, yes.

and to also be very honest, I always feel like a coward or weird by saying that right out, yk?

Your not. Ok. It’s braver to admit it. You’re not a coward or weird. And if your weird its good. Beacuse weird means your unique and have flavor and not boring and bland.

*hugs hugs hugs hugs hugs hugs hugs hugs hugs hugs hugs hugs hugs hugs hugs hugs hugs hugs hugs*

[MirkerLurker she/her]

16 minutes ago, The Sly Cookie said:

to be very honest, yes.

and to also be very honest, I always feel like a coward or weird by saying that right out, yk?

*adds another hug*

Guys get ragged on for asking for hugs more than girls do. I think that's stupid, but it appears to be generally true in American culture.

Never fear, we here won't judge by gender - hugs for all!

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

47 minutes ago, MirkerLurker said:

Guys get ragged on for asking for hugs more than girls do.

Ooooh boy

Sorry, just saw this and I am... quite passionate on this subject

I hate toxic masculinity, hypermasculinity, it's so stupid

This is one of the one topics where I like full on blow up

Mmm I'm shutting up

1 hour ago, The Sly Cookie said:

to be very honest, yes.

and to also be very honest, I always feel like a coward or weird by saying that right out, yk?

*huggggggs* 

I feel you

[echo74 she/her]

6 hours ago, Wittles said:

That's so real

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I need to relearn english, I keep responding with that to literally everything

 

 

Stupid depresso brain thoughts are trying to kill me

I feel inadequate and useless and stupid and lonely

some hugs would be appreciated

*many hugs for you*

4 hours ago, alittleinsane said:

ugh i hate how i can never focus and get something done and everything is just constant procrastination, and then I just start hating myself for it instead of doing my work and everything spirals and i wanna just bs my essay, i could if i tried, i'm a very strong writer for someone my age (when i want to be), and words come naturally to me, but whenever i try to it physically hurts me, like my chest tightens and i just wanna get the essay over with and spout out something because i hardly care anymore, but i just can't for some reason and it sucksssss

that sounds hard

im sorry

*hug*

3 hours ago, The Sly Cookie said:

I rusting hate valentine's day.

and not just in the ironic, "oooh it's dumb because I'm jealous of other couples" kinda way.

I'm not hating on people who like it either. I just am really hurt by a lot of things that happened. And it's also terrible because something bad always happens on valentines day.

valentine's day is a complicated holiday

its ok that you don't like it

*huuug*

[Wittles he/him]

4 hours ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

Ooooh boy

Sorry, just saw this and I am... quite passionate on this subject

I hate toxic masculinity, hypermasculinity, it's so stupid

This is one of the one topics where I like full on blow up

Mmm I'm shutting up

*huggggggs* 

I feel you

ME TOO

I HATE IT SO MUCH

5 hours ago, MirkerLurker said:

 

OH MY GOSH I MISSED SO MUCH FUN

I wasn't paying close attention to this thread T-T also I was getting sleepy and went to bed partway through y'all chatting. Why am I in the later time zoooone *complain complain*

 

So fight or flight are actually only some of the standard possible reactions. I've heard the more complete list summed up as "Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Flirt."
But yeah, freeze is also a common stress response, you're not alone in that (that's mine too! yay!).

 

Hooray adults being good examples for youth! Woo! Go us!

 

This photo is awesome!! Also dang, your camp has a go kart track? So jealous.

I'm not a camp counselor, but I help out with a teen youth group every week. I lead a small group, it's fun! And we all went to winter camp together last week, went sledding and threw snow at each other and had a great time. Made a coffin sled out of cardboard.

 

You use a different name too?! My name's Hannah, but I went by Sam (from Samwise Gamgee, yes I'm a geek) for one class each year all the way through school. Some people know me as Hannah, some as Sam, depending on which classes we shared, and I respond just as naturally to both names. Confused the life out of my teachers when they tried to compare notes about students.

 

MUSAK SHARING WOO!

High Kings and Longest Johns are great. Have you listened to any of Colm McGuinness's stuff? He's got quite a variety of covers - he does some old Irish folk tunes, sea shanties, some video game/anime stuff, some metal, some modern, and some original stuff. He does all his own instrumentals, though he doesn't usually do vocal harmonies.

Linkin Park also great, yeah! Numb is sooo good. "And I know, that you were just like me, with someone disappointed in you..." Seriously, one of the only songs I've seen that expresses emotion like that - exhaustion, frustration, trapped, failing, numb - but also empathy for the person doing it to them. The song is so real even without that, but then that line just blew me away. Love that one.

 

*hug*
I can't take away the sad, but I can give hugs.

 

*HUG*
I found your art thread recently. It's really good. I can say with certainty you're not inadequate or useless in that regard. (I can even post some of my own attempts at art for comparison purposes if it would make you feel better. Mine are not good lol.) And I like seeing your art. I love the contrast, the use of shadows and light that you use. You have a good eye for composition and framing, and it makes your work look dramatic and eye-catching. And your work shows you've put time, and effort, and dedication into it. I can see growth in your pieces as you've improved. That's not the result of someone stupid, or useless.

I'm sorry you feel lonely though. That one's harder to address. 

That sucks. I'm sorry. 

I definitely find that happens when I don't have an inspiration or interest in what I'm supposed to be writing. It just doesn't work. I can't get started, I can't get going, I can't get the words to work, I can't get my thoughts to focus or organize. But of course, that's not an acceptable reason to not turn in an essay. 

Thanks so much. It means a whole lot to me