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favorite poem from that kids are better poets than us article on poetryfoundation. i tear up every time

i love this game, too awesome:)

Together in Prague.

Been playing Pentiment recently. Great game!

From melancholia to madness

I have feelings about how these two are mirror opposites in reaction to monstrous trauma.

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Gale helps Astarion with his reflection problems. :)

Mechanic: So I'm thinking this'll take a whole week at the shop to fix, honestly

My Guinea Pig Soul: A wheek?! Wheek wheek wheek wheek wheek wheek wheek!!!!!

My Orangutan Mind: Calm down, he merely said a week, meaning 7 days time...

Mechanic: So did you get all that or

Me: Hang on, hang on, my guinea pig and orangutan haven't finished yet.

Sick list of symptoms bro. Now try humanizing your behavior instead of pathologizing it.

Pathologizing: Hey sorry I yelled at you. I have this ADHD symptom called RSD that makes me really sensitive.

Humanizing: Hey, I’m sorry that I blew up like that earlier. In the moment I felt really attacked and overwhelmed and I reacted badly, but I know you didn’t mean to offend me with what you said, so that behavior is on me.

Not sure if these guys want to be tagged but everybody in the notes is elaborating much better than I could.

The first behavior (whether you like it or not) can make the other person feel distant from you. (“Oh. Huh. I don’t have that symptom so I guess I could never understand…”)

Whereas describing your thoughts and feelings makes the other person feel connected to you. (“That’s an experience I’ve had before, I’ve definitely made a similar mistake.”)

the first behaviour also tips very easily into the mindset of "my brain does this and I cannot change my reactions" which can become "my behaviour is not my fault because of my condition" you are still responsible for your reactions even if your brain makes emotions more extreme and difficult to break out of and describing your emotional journey to your reaction instead of just shortcutting by blaming a symptom will absolutely help others understand you better

as my own direct immediate list of game grievances i hate that stardew valley expects you to side against a wheelchair user who is upset that he was moved without his consent. i hate that the mass effect trilogy gives you visible scarring as a direct result of choosing mean dialogue and heals it if you're nice. i hate that the vampire the masquerade ttrpg has a monstrous player class that can appear as horrible vampiric monsters or as visibly disabled people and both of these appearances are mechanically the same. i hate that dark souls games have a difficulty level implemented in a way that cannot be adjusted for disability. i hate that i can play as a mermaid or a werewolf or a horse in the sims games but can't use a wheelchair. i hate that the ace attorney games have so much flashing and not all of the games can disable it. i hate that disability is constantly something that happens to teach a lesson, i hate that disability is something that happens as a punishment, i hate that disability is either compensated perfectly with no drawbacks or something that is endlessly sought to be cured. i hate that no character customization will ever include the mobility aids i use, that the player avatars that represent me will never look like me. i am so goddamn annoyed and so goddamn tired.

Who Here Believe In Vanpires

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