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[Delightful]

45 minutes ago, bleeder said:

Why can't you cosplay, or webcomic? What's stopping you? 

Be silly and spontaneous. Go out and walk the streets for a little bit, get some fresh air. Find a duck pond. Count the ducks, name the ducks, and give them all backstories. 

Quiver, life is beautiful. Take a chance or two to go see it in its full splendor.

Bleeder, you're hilarious. 

[Zathoth]

Life sucks, its an unavoidable fact and anyone who says anything else is a pathological optimist.

The thing is that you cant let it get to you, Blake was right, everything is a joke, it might not be a good joke, but it is a joke.

Society is a terribly boring blank slate of cardboard that assimilates and destroys everything it lies its grubby and disgusting little hands on.

The thing with white is that it is easy to paint.

Cynicism sometimes brings light where optimism fails.

[Oversleep]

3 minutes ago, Zathoth said:

The thing is that you cant let it get to you, Blake was right, everything is a joke, it might not be a good joke, but it is a joke.

Upvote for this alone... although I'd upvote second time for the whole of your post.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

14 hours ago, Zathoth said:

Life sucks, its an unavoidable fact and anyone who says anything else is a pathological optimist.

The thing is that you cant let it get to you, Blake was right, everything is a joke, it might not be a good joke, but it is a joke.

Society is a terribly boring blank slate of cardboard that assimilates and destroys everything it lies its grubby and disgusting little hands on.

The thing with white is that it is easy to paint.

Cynicism sometimes brings light where optimism fails.

Am I the only one I know,
Waging my wars behind my face and above my throat?
Shadows will scream that I'm alone.

I-I-I I've got a migraine
And my pain will range from up, down, and sideways,
Thank God it's Friday
'Cause Fridays will always be better than Sundays
'Cause Sundays are my suicide days,
I don't know why they always seem so dismal,
Thunderstorms, clouds, snow, and a slight drizzle,
Whether it's the weather or the letters by my bed,
Sometimes death seems better than the migraine in my head,
Let it be said what the headache represents,
It's me defending in suspense,
It's me suspended in a defenseless test
Being tested by a ruthless examiner
That's represented best by my depressing thoughts,
I do not have writer's block,
My writer just hates the clock,
It will not let me sleep, I guess I'll sleep when I'm dead,
And sometimes death seems better than the migraine in my head.

Am I the only one I know
Waging my wars behind my face and above my throat?
Shadows will scream that I'm alone,
But I know we've made it this far, kid.
Yeah, yeah, yeah

I am not as fine as I seem, pardon
Me for yelling, I'm telling you green gardens
Are not what's growing in my psyche, it's a different me,
A difficult beast feasting on burnt-down trees
Freeze frame please, let me paint a mental picture portrait,
Something you won't forget, it's all about my forehead,
And how it is a door that holds back contents,
That make Pandora's Box's contents look non-violent,
Behind my eyelids are islands of violence,
My mind's ship-wrecked,
This is the only land my mind could find,
I did not know it was such a violent island,
Full of tidal waves, suicidal crazed lions,
They're trying to eat me, blood running down their chin,
And I know that I can fight or I can let the lion win,
I begin to assemble what weapons I can find,
'Cause sometimes to stay alive you gotta kill your mind.

Am I the only one I know
Waging my wars behind my face and above my throat?
Shadows will scream that I'm alone,
But I know we've made it this far, kid.
Ah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah

And I will say that we should take a day to break away
From all the pain our brain has made,
The game is not played alone.
And I will say that we should take a moment and hold it,
And keep it frozen and know that
Life has a hopeful undertone.

And I will say that we should take a day to break away
From all the pain our brain has made,
The game is not played alone.
And I will say that we should take a moment and hold it,
And keep it frozen and know that
Life has a hopeful undertone.

Am I the only one I know
Waging my wars behind my face and above my throat?
Shadows will scream that I'm alone,
But I know we've made it this far, kid.

We've made it this far
We've made it this f...

This is my life story. Yes. A very sad life story. And I have had chronic migraines since I was 7 XD

Today was one of those dismal days....

[Claincy he/him]

@Jondesu Have you found any effective methods of coping with the headache/getting things done despite it?

I've had a similar issue for ~3 and a half years now (24/7 headache, no effective treatment found), though from what you've said in the past I think my headache is generally a little less painful than yours.

The most success I've had is in cramming my brain with enough input at once that I don't have the spare mental capacity to acknowledge the pain much. Unfortunately there are very few things I have found that require that much of my brainpower at once and so usually that means having a tv show/movie/youtube video running in the background. I don't do that when I'm doing work I get paid for, but when doing my personal work or other things I usually have something on in the background. It certainly reduces my efficiency but because it helps tune out the pain I can work for longer, or at all when I otherwise might not be able to.

As a matter of fact GMing roleplaying games is about the only thing I can think of that is relatively frequently engrossing/involved enough to block out the pain.

Edit: Do you get that response where you tell someone you have a headache that never goes away and they somehow internalise that as you getting frequent headaches and you have to explain again later how actually you mean the pain never storming stops.

Edited November 14, 2016 by Claincy

[Voidus]

1 hour ago, Claincy said:

@Jondesu Have you found any effective methods of coping with the headache/getting things done despite it?

I've had a similar issue for ~3 and a half years now (24/7 headache, no effective treatment found), though from what you've said in the past I think my headache is generally a little less painful than yours.

The most success I've had is in cramming my brain with enough input at once that I don't have the spare mental capacity to acknowledge the pain much. Unfortunately there are very few things I have found that require that much of my brainpower at once and so usually that means having a tv show/movie/youtube video running in the background. I don't do that when I'm doing work I get paid for, but when doing my personal work or other things I usually have something on in the background. It certainly reduces my efficiency but because it helps tune out the pain I can work for longer, or at all when I otherwise might not be able to.

As a matter of fact GMing roleplaying games is about the only thing I can think of that is relatively frequently engrossing/involved enough to block out the pain.

Edit: Do you get that response where you tell someone you have a headache that never goes away and they somehow internalise that as you getting frequent headaches and you have to explain again later how actually you mean the pain never storming stops.

I have the opposite problem when I talk to non-neurologist doctors, I have to explain that when I say I get cluster headaches for a few weeks I mean for a few weeks I get one or two a day, not all the time.
Headaches are annoying to explain to people, probably because we still use the single term 'headache' to describe such a huge variety of pains, symptoms and conditions.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

@Voidus, @Claincy, @Jondesu

So it seems we all share the same problems. I have had chronic migraines since I was 7. It would start with my vision blurring, and what is describes as a "halo" by doctors, where the top of my vision warps. I hate this part, cos then I play the waiting game. I sit down usually, then the nausea hits, my ears begin to ring, and my head begins to pound. Like a tension headache, but like, infinitely worse. That's wave one. then the headache subsides, and the ear ringing too, and my nausea increases, and this is usually where I start vomitting. Then I feel better for a bit, where I take the chance to lie down, and brace myself for wave 2...

[Claincy he/him]

2 hours ago, Voidus said:

I have the opposite problem when I talk to non-neurologist doctors, I have to explain that when I say I get cluster headaches for a few weeks I mean for a few weeks I get one or two a day, not all the time.
Headaches are annoying to explain to people, probably because we still use the single term 'headache' to describe such a huge variety of pains, symptoms and conditions.

Yeah, that's a good point. I suppose the term is about as useful clinically as the phrase "my head hurts".

1 hour ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

@Voidus, @Claincy, @Jondesu

So it seems we all share the same problems. I have had chronic migraines since I was 7. It would start with my vision blurring, and what is describes as a "halo" by doctors, where the top of my vision warps. I hate this part, cos then I play the waiting game. I sit down usually, then the nausea hits, my ears begin to ring, and my head begins to pound. Like a tension headache, but like, infinitely worse. That's wave one. then the headache subsides, and the ear ringing too, and my nausea increases, and this is usually where I start vomitting. Then I feel better for a bit, where I take the chance to lie down, and brace myself for wave 2...

Urgh, I feel very fortunate not to get migraines.

Also....Psyducks of the Shard Unite!

[marsoupial they/them]

1 minute ago, Claincy said:

Yeah, that's a good point. I suppose the term is about as useful clinically as the phrase "my head hurts".

Urgh, I feel very fortunate not to get migraines.

Also....Psyducks of the Shard Unite!

Bleeder used Secretpotion!

[Voidus]

8 minutes ago, Claincy said:

Yeah, that's a good point. I suppose the term is about as useful clinically as the phrase "my head hurts".

Urgh, I feel very fortunate not to get migraines.

Also....Psyducks of the Shard Unite!

Hey I chose Slowbro and I'm sticking to it
Sure Psyduck uses its pain to get stronger, but Slowbro uses its pain to get smarter. 

[Claincy he/him]

50 minutes ago, bleeder said:

Bleeder used Secretpotion!

It's....not very effective

41 minutes ago, Voidus said:

Hey I chose Slowbro and I'm sticking to it
Sure Psyduck uses its pain to get stronger, but Slowbro uses its pain to get smarter. 

Heh, fair enough.

[Delightful]

9 hours ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

Am I the only one I know,
Waging my wars behind my face and above my throat?
Shadows will scream that I'm alone.

I-I-I I've got a migraine
And my pain will range from up, down, and sideways,
Thank God it's Friday
'Cause Fridays will always be better than Sundays
'Cause Sundays are my suicide days,
I don't know why they always seem so dismal,
Thunderstorms, clouds, snow, and a slight drizzle,
Whether it's the weather or the letters by my bed,
Sometimes death seems better than the migraine in my head,
Let it be said what the headache represents,
It's me defending in suspense,
It's me suspended in a defenseless test
Being tested by a ruthless examiner
That's represented best by my depressing thoughts,
I do not have writer's block,
My writer just hates the clock,
It will not let me sleep, I guess I'll sleep when I'm dead,
And sometimes death seems better than the migraine in my head.

Am I the only one I know
Waging my wars behind my face and above my throat?
Shadows will scream that I'm alone,
But I know we've made it this far, kid.
Yeah, yeah, yeah

I am not as fine as I seem, pardon
Me for yelling, I'm telling you green gardens
Are not what's growing in my psyche, it's a different me,
A difficult beast feasting on burnt-down trees
Freeze frame please, let me paint a mental picture portrait,
Something you won't forget, it's all about my forehead,
And how it is a door that holds back contents,
That make Pandora's Box's contents look non-violent,
Behind my eyelids are islands of violence,
My mind's ship-wrecked,
This is the only land my mind could find,
I did not know it was such a violent island,
Full of tidal waves, suicidal crazed lions,
They're trying to eat me, blood running down their chin,
And I know that I can fight or I can let the lion win,
I begin to assemble what weapons I can find,
'Cause sometimes to stay alive you gotta kill your mind.

Am I the only one I know
Waging my wars behind my face and above my throat?
Shadows will scream that I'm alone,
But I know we've made it this far, kid.
Ah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah

And I will say that we should take a day to break away
From all the pain our brain has made,
The game is not played alone.
And I will say that we should take a moment and hold it,
And keep it frozen and know that
Life has a hopeful undertone.

And I will say that we should take a day to break away
From all the pain our brain has made,
The game is not played alone.
And I will say that we should take a moment and hold it,
And keep it frozen and know that
Life has a hopeful undertone.

Am I the only one I know
Waging my wars behind my face and above my throat?
Shadows will scream that I'm alone,
But I know we've made it this far, kid.

We've made it this far
We've made it this f...

This is my life story. Yes. A very sad life story. And I have had chronic migraines since I was 7 XD

Today was one of those dismal days....

I'm sorry for your pain. That's really nice writing right there. 

[Jondesu he/him]

9 hours ago, Claincy said:

@Jondesu Have you found any effective methods of coping with the headache/getting things done despite it?

I've had a similar issue for ~3 and a half years now (24/7 headache, no effective treatment found), though from what you've said in the past I think my headache is generally a little less painful than yours.

The most success I've had is in cramming my brain with enough input at once that I don't have the spare mental capacity to acknowledge the pain much. Unfortunately there are very few things I have found that require that much of my brainpower at once and so usually that means having a tv show/movie/youtube video running in the background. I don't do that when I'm doing work I get paid for, but when doing my personal work or other things I usually have something on in the background. It certainly reduces my efficiency but because it helps tune out the pain I can work for longer, or at all when I otherwise might not be able to.

As a matter of fact GMing roleplaying games is about the only thing I can think of that is relatively frequently engrossing/involved enough to block out the pain.

Edit: Do you get that response where you tell someone you have a headache that never goes away and they somehow internalise that as you getting frequent headaches and you have to explain again later how actually you mean the pain never storming stops.

I haven't found much of an effective method of coping beyond not trying to do much.  If I just chill and don't really think about anything, it fades to just an irritation, but as soon as I start moving around or try to do anything, it builds and becomes debilitating.  Trying to think about something too involved sets it off too, unfortunately, which is why I haven't been able to work (I was doing chat support, and it was just way too much to try to fight through the pain and continue thinking critically enough to handle the troubleshooting over chat).  Sometimes music will help, sometimes it makes it worse.

And yes, all the storming time.  We just went back to the first neurologist we saw, who I was annoyed at for never getting the issue, and every time we've been there, I have to explain again that it's always there, not that I get a headache every day.  Most people seem to grasp it, though they still often then ask how often I get a headache, but the doctors keep pissing me off.

Edited November 14, 2016 by Jondesu

[Claincy he/him]

@Jondesu

@Darkness Ascendant & @Voidus as well; I don't usually like this type of music but this song resonates with me at times (for obvious reasons).

 

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

@Delightful, I should have mentioned those are the lyrics to Twentyone Pilots Migraine Man, that song is me. I am that song.

[Delightful]

I don't wanna adult!

i want to curl up and watch a movie. But there is always more adulting to be done. Minor concepts like laundry and buying food. 

Always. More. Adulting. 

Help!

[Mestiv he/him]

13 minutes ago, Delightful said:

I don't wanna adult!

i want to curl up and watch a movie. But there is always more adulting to be done. Minor concepts like laundry and buying food. 

Always. More. Adulting. 

Help!

There is no help. But as an adult you can still curl up and watch a movie. Laundry can wait :P.

[ShadowLord_Lith he/him]

@Delightful, My mom likes to watch movies while folding laundry. If you have to adult, adult things to your advantage. Eat while watching a movie, vacuum while watching a movie, eat icecream while watching a movie, do jazzercise while watching a movie. You can adult any excuse you want, BECAUSE your an adult. Embrace your limitations and make them your strengths. And please tell us if it works.

[Mestiv he/him]

And what about watching a movie while watching a movie? That will bring this trick to a whole new level!

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

42 minutes ago, Delightful said:

I don't wanna adult!

i want to curl up and watch a movie. But there is always more adulting to be done. Minor concepts like laundry and buying food. 

Always. More. Adulting. 

Help!

Adult in ways that save time. For instance, I buy groceries early in the morning every payday. Not only does this limit the amount of money spent between paychecks, but going early allows me to beat most of the crowds and traffic. 

[marsoupial they/them]

Ugh. Ye tiny gods.

Today has sucked so far, and I'm not even halfway through it.

I'm sick, with high blood sugars (as I have been for the past week), my grades are faltering still, even in classes that I like. 

My parents are upset with me because of my grades, and I hate that because unlike most of my friends, I'm close to my parents and care about them. 

I just feel terrible. Sick and tired and depressed and frustrated. I don't know.

I just need to prioritize my life.

Edited November 15, 2016 by bleeder

[Delightful]

2 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Adult in ways that save time. For instance, I buy groceries early in the morning every payday. Not only does this limit the amount of money spent between paychecks, but going early allows me to beat most of the crowds and traffic. 

I just.......I have one backpack. I use it daily for studying. Grocery shopping means emptying it, getting a bus, and then carrying my heavy shopping all the way upstairs from the bus stop. 

Laundry means emptying it, putting dirty laundry in it, carrying it all the way to the washing machine and then carrying it all the way back and remembering to repack my bag for tomorrow. 

And im sore from exercise and I don't want to carry things! 

........I watched the movie anyway and now I still need to do those things. *headpillow* 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

1 minute ago, Delightful said:

I just.......I have one backpack. I use it daily for studying. Grocery shopping means emptying it, getting a bus, and then carrying my heavy shopping all the way upstairs from the bus stop. 

Laundry means emptying it, putting dirty laundry in it, carrying it all the way to the washing machine and then carrying it all the way back and remembering to repack my bag for tomorrow. 

And im sore from exercise and I don't want to carry things! 

........I watched the movie anyway and now I still need to do those things. *headpillow* 

Oh, that does make things more difficult.

Could you stock up on non-perishables like rice and pasta and dried grains to lighten the loads you'd have to carry? Disregard if you've already done this, but if you could dedicate one trip on a day when you have more time to just buying things you can keep on hand for a while, that could help. 

[Delightful]

11 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Oh, that does make things more difficult.

Could you stock up on non-perishables like rice and pasta and dried grains to lighten the loads you'd have to carry? Disregard if you've already done this, but if you could dedicate one trip on a day when you have more time to just buying things you can keep on hand for a while, that could help. 

That's a good idea. I should do that on a day when I have both time and energy. 

Honestly I need another backpack or one of those granny trolleys or someone who can give me a ride.  

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

5 minutes ago, Delightful said:

That's a good idea. I should do that on a day when I have both time and energy. 

Honestly I need another backpack or one of those granny trolleys or someone who can give me a ride.  

A rolling backpack might be a good investment.