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[Delightful]

30 minutes ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

Blerhg. I've been staring at your message for the past 9 minutes, failing to type up an adequate response.

Apathy is storming great  

Apathy is severely unhealthy. Does your school have a counsellor you can talk to? A teacher you would trust? They're obligated by law to report abuse. Do you have other family you could stay with? Would foster care be an option? I'm PMing you more Aussie-specific instructions.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

3 minutes ago, Delightful said:

Apathy is severely unhealthy. Does your school have a counsellor you can talk to? A teacher you would trust? They're obligated by law to report abuse. Do you have other family you could stay with? Would foster care be an option? I'm PMing you more Aussie-specific instructions.

I honestly don't want to complicate matters. I just want to hunker down and weather the storm.

[Delightful]

5 minutes ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

I honestly don't want to complicate matters. I just want to hunker down and weather the storm.

But it sounds like the storm might strip you away. You need to build shelter in order to weather it properly. So don't tell teachers, but read my PM.  

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

10 minutes ago, Delightful said:

But it sounds like the storm might strip you away. You need to build shelter in order to weather it properly. So don't tell teachers, but read my PM.  

I'm hibernating  

I sincerely appreciate what you're trying to do. It's a helluvalot more than what anyone else has done for me, and I love you for it. But I honestly just post my woes and sorrows here just to vent a little. I don't intend on taking any action, I absolutely hate confrontation.

[Delightful]

7 minutes ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

I'm hibernating  

I sincerely appreciate what you're trying to do. It's a helluvalot more than what anyone else has done for me, and I love you for it. But I honestly just post my woes and sorrows here just to vent a little. I don't intend on taking any action, I absolutely hate confrontation.

Ok. I'm just worried that inaction and blankness will lead to self harm / suicide and I desperately want you to stay far away from that road. 

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

2 minutes ago, Delightful said:

Ok. I'm just worried that inaction and blankness will lead to self harm / suicide and I desperately want you to stay far away from that road. 

As I said, maybe once upon a time (last tuesday) I was a risk, but eh, I've realised there's no point to it. Why fight for this long only to give up eh?

[Delightful]

1 minute ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

As I said, maybe once upon a time (last tuesday) I was a risk, but eh, I've realised there's no point to it. Why fight for this long only to give up eh?

Ay. Just keep swimming swimming swimming.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

6 minutes ago, Delightful said:

Ay. Just keep swimming swimming swimming.

Life doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints
And it takes and it takes and it takes and it takes
But we keep living anyway
And we laugh and we cry
And we break 
and we make our mistakes.

Edited April 4, 2017 by Darkness Ascendant

[Delightful]

35 minutes ago, Darkness Ascendant said:

Life doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints
And it takes and it takes and it takes and it takes
But we keep living anyway
And we laugh and we cry
And we break 
and we make our mistakes.

That's....literally perfect for you right now. 

[marsoupial they/them]

Do you ever just feel like life is going far too fast for you to process? Or rather, like it has been all your life but you're just now realizing what life is?

Like, you are... not exactly nostalgic for being a kid, but it's almost like you want to hang on for dear life to what you used to know, even though it's impossible because everything is just moving so fast.

Everyone else seems to have a grip on who they are and what they want to be and what's going on in their life, and even though I know that they don't it only makes me more... concerned? I don't know. 

 

Life's just a lot right now for me, if you couldn't tell.

[Tristan]

I assume a lot of people on here are fairly young(ish)? @bleeder I can tell you from my own experience that when I feel like my life is racing by and I can't keep up because as soon as I adjust, it changes again... well, it's because I need to learn to accept that change and growth are always happening. It's heartbreaking at first, because sometimes I have to let go of things that are familiar and comfortable, but adapting to change and strengthening resilience actually makes me feel in control of my life, ironically. I didn't realize that until about 22/23 years old, but for the past few years it's helped so much. 

And it's absolutely true that nobody has a grip on their lives, but if you're always ready for change then you can sail the winds rather than be blown over by them. Eh, I hope that helps a teensy bit...? And *hugs* if it doesn't.

[Mestiv he/him]

39 minutes ago, bleeder said:

Do you ever just feel like life is going far too fast for you to process? Or rather, like it has been all your life but you're just now realizing what life is?

Like, you are... not exactly nostalgic for being a kid, but it's almost like you want to hang on for dear life to what you used to know, even though it's impossible because everything is just moving so fast.

Everyone else seems to have a grip on who they are and what they want to be and what's going on in their life, and even though I know that they don't it only makes me more... concerned? I don't know. 

 

Life's just a lot right now for me, if you couldn't tell.

Welcome to being a grownup. You'll get used to it after some time. Some might say that everyone is only pretending they know what they're doing, but I think that after 25 a lot of people have it figured out. We have our worries and problems but it's not as scary as it was so hold on,  it's gonna be a bumpy ride for a couple of years, but you'll be fine. Enjoy the ride

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Why does it only take one small setback to make me feel like a failure?

[mattig89ch he/him]

5 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Why does it only take one small setback to make me feel like a failure?

idk what setback your talking about, but I'm sure one thing going wrong can't make you a failure.  Like you said, its a small setback.

 

Edit: and now for my bad news, we had to put my old cat down today.  He was 16, and couldn't walk anymore.  He seemed to be fine otherwise, he just couldn't keep his balance, or do much more then stumble.  He wasn't even moving to use the litter box, instead peeing in the blankets we setup for him.

Tomorrow I have to call around to various pet cemetaries, and get them to cremate him for us.  *sigh*

Edited April 5, 2017 by mattig89ch
Added my bad news

[A Budgie she/her]

2 hours ago, mattig89ch said:

Edit: and now for my bad news, we had to put my old cat down today.  He was 16, and couldn't walk anymore.  He seemed to be fine otherwise, he just couldn't keep his balance, or do much more then stumble.  He wasn't even moving to use the litter box, instead peeing in the blankets we setup for him.

Tomorrow I have to call around to various pet cemetaries, and get them to cremate him for us.  *sigh*

Oh...I'm sorry to hear that. At least he lived a long and (probably) happy life I suppose.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

2 hours ago, mattig89ch said:

Edit: and now for my bad news, we had to put my old cat down today.  He was 16, and couldn't walk anymore.  He seemed to be fine otherwise, he just couldn't keep his balance, or do much more then stumble.  He wasn't even moving to use the litter box, instead peeing in the blankets we setup for him.

Tomorrow I have to call around to various pet cemetaries, and get them to cremate him for us.  *sigh*

That sounds like a hard thing to do. I'm not sure if I could have done something like that :/ 

*hugs*

@TwiLyghtSansSparklesditto Mattig. What happened? I know the feeling of small failures and set-backs piling up and crushing one. We're here if you need to talk/rant about it

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Well, the small setback was an extra $20 added onto my internet bill, which I thought was from the service call. But no. Cox is just jacking up my rates, because THAT is how this company rewards customer loyalty. 

On the upside, I'm not feeling down anymore. I'm just royally pissed off, and if this chat agent doesn't resolve this for me, I am going to call and yell at someone. 

[Delightful]

1 hour ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Well, the small setback was an extra $20 added onto my internet bill, which I thought was from the service call. But no. Cox is just jacking up my rates, because THAT is how this company rewards customer loyalty. 

On the upside, I'm not feeling down anymore. I'm just royally pissed off, and if this chat agent doesn't resolve this for me, I am going to call and yell at someone. 

Sounds like a plan! 

[Pinnacle-Ferring he/him]

So usually I'm a pretty careful guy. I'm mature and prudent and generally good with potentially harmful substances.

So what happens when I get involved in the cleaning of an industrial-sized kitchen that involves a giant vat of roiling hot water? I stick my hand in it, of course!

That combined with an incompetent (or just apathetic) military infirmary and being forced to play babysitter to somebody who's apparently suicidal, has left me feeling kind of...all over the place.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

31 minutes ago, Pinnacle-Ferring said:

So what happens when I get involved in the cleaning of an industrial-sized kitchen that involves a giant vat of roiling hot water?

I was already saying OOOWWWWW" at this point.  

[Delightful]

1 hour ago, Pinnacle-Ferring said:

So usually I'm a pretty careful guy. I'm mature and prudent and generally good with potentially harmful substances.

So what happens when I get involved in the cleaning of an industrial-sized kitchen that involves a giant vat of roiling hot water? I stick my hand in it, of course!

That combined with an incompetent (or just apathetic) military infirmary and being forced to play babysitter to somebody who's apparently suicidal, has left me feeling kind of...all over the place.

You're in a kitchen. Stick your hand under the cold water?

also, owwwwww

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

@TwiLyghtSansSparklesGo get em tiger

[Jondesu he/him]

Chulldung...we're going to have to hire a lawyer. Our short term disability appeal (just to extend the claim they'd approved before!) was just denied. This is...9 months after they originally denied it, and we've been going through the appeal process for a long time now. Just...argh.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

18 minutes ago, Jondesu said:

Chulldung...we're going to have to hire a lawyer. Our short term disability appeal (just to extend the claim they'd approved before!) was just denied. This is...9 months after they originally denied it, and we've been going through the appeal process for a long time now. Just...argh.

Ah storms   *hugs*

Paperwork urgh, good luck!

[A Budgie she/her]

@Jondesu *hugs* Good luck. I hope things work out for you soon.