Whatcha thinking about now?

[B. de Corbin]

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I once worked 364 days in a row. Had Christmas off. That is what inspired me to rethink my education.

[MaskedOne]

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Never worked that but i'll see your 9 days with customers and raise you 14 to 21 days straight with parents...

I just stopped here. You can have that little corner of hell. I'm not in. Parents are those fun people who completely forget they have any responsibility regarding their children until I tell their kids to stop abusing store property and then they remember their responsibilities just long enough to bitch at me for protecting property I'm responsible for before going back to letting their spawn roam freely. You can have them. I don't want to deal with them. I'll stick to other variants of hell.

[Rae'ya]

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It's past 1am.

I have to work tomorrow.

Why am I still awake?

[Medusa]

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Only one customer yelled at me. On the phone. Repeatedly. By calling me. 4 times today.

yay.

[toxicyarnglare]

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I'm starting to wonder if practicing religion now can make a profound difference on my health and anxiety, rather than waiting for my health and anxiety to get better before diving into it.

[Corvus]

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I have found the most beautiful stick for a staff. It's a dead maple sapling that was standing up in the forest. I grabbed it and it came off really easily, with a cool flourish at the end. I need to pick up some sandpaper, boiled linseed oil later, and some kind of cordage.

[Gleb]

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I'm starting to wonder if practicing religion now can make a profound difference on my health and anxiety, rather than waiting for my health and anxiety to get better before diving into it.

First get over the anxiety, then continue with your spiritual life. Otherwise it can only get worse.

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I have found the most beautiful stick for a staff. It's a dead maple sapling that was standing up in the forest. I grabbed it and it came off really easily, with a cool flourish at the end. I need to pick up some sandpaper, boiled linseed oil later, and some kind of cordage.

Glad to see you here, Corvus!

[B. de Corbin]

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Resistance is futile. I have connected the air conditioner.

[Willow]

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I'm starting to wonder if practicing religion now can make a profound difference on my health and anxiety, rather than waiting for my health and anxiety to get better before diving into it.

Kind of depends on the practice and the cause of anxiety. Meditation may be a good idea, large skyclad rituals may not be. Utilizing incense or essential oils may be helpful to lower stress, mindfulness, practicing a certain thing on certain days (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, etc...) if it's low-key may help with building internal structure.

But still, don't use religion as a band-aid for professional assistance.

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I started playing Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines again.

Now to sort out some adult things. -.-

[B. de Corbin]

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But still, don't use religion as a band-aid for professional assistance.

This is premo advice. I had to get professional assistance before I could even think about returning to meditation.

There are all kinds of useful things in the world, but for troubling medical problems the best first go-to is modern medicine, despite all the poop people will try to feed you about big pharma conspiracies and similar shit.

Honest. I swear on that, and on the potential effectiveness of dealing with high anxiety and deep depression via real MD doctors.

[thalassa]

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This is premo advice. I had to get professional assistance before I could even think about returning to meditation.

There are all kinds of useful things in the world, but for troubling medical problems the best first go-to is modern medicine, despite all the poop people will try to feed you about big pharma conspiracies and similar shit.

Honest. I swear on that, and on the potential effectiveness of dealing with high anxiety and deep depression via real MD doctors.

This.

Though religious practices may offer a structure and framework that (depending on one's exact issues) can help quell anxiety issues in some people. Sharkbait has fairly profound anxiety issues; but there's only one medication approved for minions of his stature and age, and while it helps, its exactly a magic bullet...and he's not really at the conversational level or internal awareness level where he can communicate (if he could even identify) what is going on inside his head. For us, meditation (really just quiet time with breathing and a pretty story and some yoga), along with some other stuff (drawing how he feels, running around time, keeping to a set schedule, taking the time to reflect on the day, etc) probably does as much to keep him on an even keel as the meds. Certain daily rituals (thought not explicitly religious ones) act as touchstones for the structure he needs to feel safe.

(don't get me wrong, I am in no way saying religion should REPLACE medical treatment ever!!)

[Willow]

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This.

Though religious practices may offer a structure and framework that (depending on one's exact issues) can help quell anxiety issues in some people. Sharkbait has fairly profound anxiety issues; but there's only one medication approved for minions of his stature and age, and while it helps, its exactly a magic bullet...and he's not really at the conversational level or internal awareness level where he can communicate (if he could even identify) what is going on inside his head. For us, meditation (really just quiet time with breathing and a pretty story and some yoga), along with some other stuff (drawing how he feels, running around time, keeping to a set schedule, taking the time to reflect on the day, etc) probably does as much to keep him on an even keel as the meds. Certain daily rituals (thought not explicitly religious ones) act as touchstones for the structure he needs to feel safe.

(don't get me wrong, I am in no way saying religion should REPLACE medical treatment ever!!)

This is what I mean. Having that structure for internal security can sometimes help. But it won't work alone to resolve all issues and for that doctors are a good thing.

[Juniper]

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By popular demands.... It's pronounced Alto-mesa-yok. Or at least that's how I pronounce it.

[B. de Corbin]

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Where is my twin brother, the Fabulous Fury Freak Brother in the cowboy hat, Anunitu?

[anunitu]

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I be here,it has been stormy lightning time here for a bit.