The Druid of the West

Hello guys, although I am new here I can already appreciate and see the loving and supporting community everyone here has built and every single person I see in this thread I just want to give the biggest hug whether they are supporting or leaning on others. I hope you all realise how great you people are as even “just” creating a place where people safe and secure enough to share their thoughts, in the real world or online, is a tremendous achievement. From everything I have read and seen so far, you are all incredible, wonderful, intelligent people and none of you deserve to or should feel like you are any less than fantastic. one thing that really helps me, idk if it will help u guys, is thinking about something I will do tomorrow, something I will do for myself. Not selfishly for myself but because I deserve it and you all deserve it too. It could be something like seeing a friend or sitting in a park, just something peaceful, something you believe could make you happy. Another is, like hoid says, remembering the sun will shine again, even when it feels so dark and dead inside. And I know it is so hard to swing your mood From dark to light, so hard it can seem impossible. But eventually, it will swing as long as we do not give up on trying to swing it. The best way I find is talking to people. Making friendships, forming bonds, doing what this thread encourages. Speaking. I have kind of just rambled on through overused methods but I think they are overused because they do help, not work, I don’t think anything can entirely work, but help. I have suffered with severe anxiety and it has just stopped me doing anything. Stopped me sleeping, keeping active, just overall doing the things I love. Every time I have moved to do anything, my stomach has twisted and I have been overwhelmed by the worst possible outcomes that could come from it. I have felt so trapped. It is a fear I do not believe I can describe with words but I will try. A strange fear that lasts for months if not years on end. Sometimes it is less, sometimes more. It is something you can not just shrug off even when you know it is irrational and you do not deserve it. It constantly lies beneath my skin, waiting for a moment to consume me. When it does consume me I feel so trapped, I am filled with anger and pain and fear. I do not know what or who I am angry with. The pain is internal and searing, as if a fire burns in my stomach. The fear is of everything. Every single thought that crawls into my accursed head is terrifying. It is gone now. While it does come back sometimes, it is far far less frequent. I go full weeks without it. I do not know what happened. I do not know what I did. All of the techniques above helped me, but did not rid me of it. I assume it will return but whilst it is gone I will enjoy life. I will do the things I would not have before. And though I physically cannot, I will try to enjoy every single moment that comes to me instead of waiting for the world to hand me moments to enjoy. I want to help all of you so much, my heart aches that some of you are filled with so much pain or emptiness. I think we must all find our own way to help ourselves but that does not mean not talking to friends/family or just people who want to help. I am sorry if I just rambled on and I send my love to you all. Life before death

I’m going to keep this short but if we are talking about who is the best 1v1 character in the cosmere then I think your list is very good, if we are talking in terms of sheer power I think, although he can’t hurt anyone, Hoid/Wit, from what he’s shown already and because there is so much we don’t know about him, would be far far higher. As we know, there are many aspects of power, not just brute strength or fighting abilities and Hoid has had the means to influence almost every event in the cosmere behind the scenes