What's on your mind right now?
Breakdancing
Heartache
Too far gone
Beyond repair
No hope
Despair
Chest physically hrrts when I feel certain emotions
Not articulate enough
But nobody to talk to anyways
The current counselor acts like she understands all of what I tell her
But it's just,
uh huh uh huh uh huh.
She says "what" like it is the etiquette equivalent of "excuse me". Which sounds calloused because she acts like every time she has a thought, it is the latest greatest scientific invention
dragonsanddemons
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Wondering if I'll ever be able to live on my own, or if my autism and mental health issues will always prevent me from doing that, even if the whole job thing wasn't a factor. Considering the possibility of assisted living, but most of those places are either for seniors or for people who are far more mentally disabled than I am. No pets allowed at the one place I've found, although they do have two cats on the premises, and probably no assisted living facility would allow me to partake in my more... bizarre interests. Wondering what the point of continuing to exist is in any case. I've realized that I can't take the stress and energy drain of even a simple, three-hour-a-day job on top of mere everyday life - it will be a long time before I can ever handle a job, if ever. So I continue to live as nothing more than a parasite. And for what? Only because of how devastated my parents would be if I offed myself, even if I still can't fathom any reason why they would be so. I really, really wish I could just die of something not self-inflicted already and have it done with.
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Yet in my new wildness and freedom I almost welcome the bitterness of alienage. For although nepenthe has calmed me, I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men.
-H. P. Lovecraft, "The Outsider"
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What about smaller steps my lovely?
I doubt I could do 3 hrs per day for 5 days a week.
Why? Because I am not there yet or ready.
Give yourself that kindness and compassion that you need if you can - if you can't come get some from others (like us)
Dylanperr
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Yesterday the aikido instructor said he was moving to a different state, in two months
Because he got laid off both jobs
His wife got a job offer
He has to take care of old parents
He said he is trying to arrange that his students go to the head instructor,
But he charges donation only
She charges 105 bucks a month
She makes her entire paycheck teaching aikido
And she lives in a mansion
Last week I happened to walk by
It looked unnecessarily expensive
Lavish lifestyle
Her student tolde I could arrange a work study
But minimum wage is only about 12 bucks, where she lives
Maybe it is time to just give up aikido altogether
It has been over ten years
Over 450 total dojos
And I am bad at aikido and almost everything else
So whatever
Furthermore the goal of martial arts is , perfect character
And that is not happening
So whatever
Besides, it does not appear that anyone inside the building has character as good as they act like it is
The aikido instructor and the former instructor said they have to deal with parents getting old
Which I do not have to worry about
Because my precious lil "parents,," are dead
So whatever
Besides the head instructor has a lot of rules
For example, uniform required
And I got
sensory processing dysfunction
So whatever
And every statement must end in "sensei,"
For example, "hai sensei"
Control freak
Arrogant
And I don't want to interact with her
But whatever maybe I have way too many pain receptors and no instructor has the authority to fix that
So whatever
When the instructor said that, it made me realize how much aikido meant to me
Often it is my only social interaction
Gorged last night
Ate too much
But ate slowly
Enjoyed it
"Work study", doesn't sound worth it
Too much work
Looked up "work study"
It said it's for college
Aikido is not a religion, political cause, family, friend, addiction, job or school
Just a hobby
And I have one other hobby
So whatever
Besides I am 35 years old
When I was 21, got evicted two times
Flunked structural engineering, fourth undergrad year
Got fired from work a lot of times
So whatever
Emotional attachment
Had a lot of losses, much larger
The aikido instructor has a PhD in Psychology
He said he is almost 50 and six figures in debt
So whatever
Maybe that is what happens when you choose a major you like, instead of worrying about $$$
Anyways now I ain't got nobody to talk to
Besides counseling
Counseling ends November
Aikido ends August
Feel like gorging
Eating too much
Bad at dealing with change
"Reality"
Nothing to do now
Absolutely nothing to do with my "life"
Except counseling
Last night applied for an internship
Pain receptor
Drank six liter water ![]()
i have a recording by bing crosby of this i inherited from my mom. i love it. thanks for the reminder.
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What about smaller steps my lovely?
I doubt I could do 3 hrs per day for 5 days a week.
Why? Because I am not there yet or ready.
Give yourself that kindness and compassion that you need if you can - if you can't come get some from others (like us)
I just don't know what smaller steps I can possibly take besides standing still. Every time I think I've taken a step forward, I end up sliding five steps back
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Yet in my new wildness and freedom I almost welcome the bitterness of alienage. For although nepenthe has calmed me, I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men.
-H. P. Lovecraft, "The Outsider"
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Eep
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Yet in my new wildness and freedom I almost welcome the bitterness of alienage. For although nepenthe has calmed me, I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men.
-H. P. Lovecraft, "The Outsider"
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The current counselor had the nerve to check the box for "paucity of content" on the insurance form
Wtf?
When I said "TI 83" and Python, she was like "what's that?"
How can I discuss a wide variety of subjects when she doesn't know much about them?
A previous counselor did not even know the difference between BMI and percentage body fat. "CPA", "sole proprietor".
Almost zero counselor even know the difference between, "what?" and "excuse me".
And "mad" and "angry"
and after I tried to explain, she said "uh huh uh huh uh huh"
And several months later she had the nerve to tell me that she doesn't say "mad" in front of me, because "mad" has a negative connotation "for you"
Wrong
Not "for you",
in the dictionary
Some of them act like they know a lot more than they know
And they act like I know nothing
What about smaller steps my lovely?
I doubt I could do 3 hrs per day for 5 days a week.
Why? Because I am not there yet or ready.
Give yourself that kindness and compassion that you need if you can - if you can't come get some from others (like us)
I just don't know what smaller steps I can possibly take besides standing still. Every time I think I've taken a step forward, I end up sliding five steps back
Sometimes standing still is all we can do - maintain that first then move gently and slowly like a mellow dance.
I do like your avatar btw. I would like a lamp like this - I may even find the time to make one.
You have good taste in the macabre.
In 2014, I was leaving a class taught by the current instructor, right before bow out. The head aikido instructor had the nerve to tell me "you should do the four claps. Why are you leaving?"
"Bus"
She didn't answer
Control freak
Oh well
There is at least one dojo that goes by donation only.
It's just farther away. And less convenient time
But whatever
Plenty of instructors are control freaks
One instructor barked "watch!" at me for looking out the window
Every slightest thing
Oh well whatever
There is nothing magical about martial arts
Anyone could hang a shingle, legally
No background check
Instructors have their own fair share of criminal convictions and mental illnesses
So whatever
Applied for all the internships on the school website, that I qualify for
Not that many
But I'd rather do nothing
Lazy
Clinical depression
Motivation
Outcome not proportional to effort
Previous bosses were condescending, rude , disrespectful
Not all of them
Not at all times
But cost benefit analysis
And if they were not rude, then it's like,
whooptie do ![]()
dragonsanddemons
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What about smaller steps my lovely?
I doubt I could do 3 hrs per day for 5 days a week.
Why? Because I am not there yet or ready.
Give yourself that kindness and compassion that you need if you can - if you can't come get some from others (like us)
I just don't know what smaller steps I can possibly take besides standing still. Every time I think I've taken a step forward, I end up sliding five steps back
Sometimes standing still is all we can do - maintain that first then move gently and slowly like a mellow dance.
I do like your avatar btw. I would like a lamp like this - I may even find the time to make one.
You have good taste in the macabre.
Yeah, I'm presently doing all I can just to sink my claws far enough into the ground to not slide even further back. I've only just realized that if my depression, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts continue this cyclic pattern (but without the "highs" that would come with bipolar disorder, so I don't think it's that), and still nothing helps with the self-harm in particular, I may never be "okay" to live on my own
Thank you
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Yet in my new wildness and freedom I almost welcome the bitterness of alienage. For although nepenthe has calmed me, I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men.
-H. P. Lovecraft, "The Outsider"
