[Game] Last one to post wins!

[Guest]

That sounds pretty good for a ''failure backup plan'' (getting hired by someone else instead)

[Reisen]

Our "optimal" backup plan sounds pretty good? I should hope so lol

Working for a company (or a team) could be a "failure" of just "the scope of being an indie dev is just too big"

But giving up entirely and doing manual labor work instead is a "failure" of "we have completely failed to fix our life problems and had to give up on our life goals"

 

Thanks for asking :P

Edited September 19, 2023 by Reisen

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Reisen said:

But giving up entirely and doing manual labor work instead is a "failure" of "we have completely failed to fix our life problems and had to give up on our life goals"

not even bad tbf. Sure it would suck for you guys but at least you work and earn your own money. Not optimal but ouside personal fulfillment, I wouldn't consider that a complete failure (of course to you it'd be)

 

-says the one who used to think she would rather end her life instead of having to work and be a productive member of society-

[Reisen]

Everyone's got different values, and working a generic, permanent job is not in line with ours

(it would drive us crazy)

Edited September 19, 2023 by Reisen

[Guest]

I believe you

 

Edited October 2, 2023 by Miri

[Ranger]

11 hours ago, TB said:

Hi ranger. I hope you are doing okay

 

Thank you!

We're doing alright. Things are getting both better and worse. We're one step closer to getting disability, but mental health wise it's been a struggle.

 

9 hours ago, TurboSimmie said:

I'm really happy to see you @Ranger! 😁 Even if you're not super active anymore I still really like talking to you when I can!

 

Thank you!

 

I enjoy talking to you guys too, it's always a pleasure to see y'all!

 

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4 hours ago, Miri said:

Appointment over. I wanted to talk about life progress and actually relevant things but ended up talking about my tulpamancy experience (she asked). Told me that it'd be a ''good closure to the mental health chapter of my life'' to say goodbye to Miichu.. She seems to think my tup is a coping mechanism for not being able to face life on my own. I'm pretty sure I told her that I created Miichu because of escapism but after a while, she became just a companion

 

Miichu and I don't even talk that much but I don't want to be like 'okay, bye'. And especially I don't want to ''realize it was all just roleplaying the whole time'' because that'd invalidate all the positive memories I have associated to tulpamancy. She doesn't front anymore but.. still. I feel kinda conflicted, and I'm 100% sure it's because I was told by mental healthcare professionals that it wasn't ''normal'' so many times that I'm starting to feel pressured to give it up. I want a normal life but I also miss the ''magical and almost mystical'' feeling I got from when tulpamancy felt as real as objective reality

 

Miichu is definitely a real person because you made her a real person. It's okay if now isn't a good time for her to front

I wonder if you can ask your therapist that after you improve, you can bring Miichu back? Cocreation (tulpamancy) doesn't have to be a coping mechanism. I don't think it's healthy to have your headmate do everything for you if it's causing problems, but why not when those problems are resolved?

[Guest]

Oh, hi Ranger

 

The problem with my therapist (and every other mental health professional I've come across) is that they do genuinely believe tulpamancy is always a coping mechanism to something you might not even know you need coping for. My old therapist was even annoyed at me having Miichu around

 

She doesn't front anymore because there's just no point? no different experience that might come depending on who's fronting. Literally the same

[Breloomancer]

good morning

[Ranger]

57 minutes ago, Miri said:

Oh, hi Ranger

 

The problem with my therapist (and every other mental health professional I've come across) is that they do genuinely believe tulpamancy is always a coping mechanism to something you might not even know you need coping for. My old therapist was even annoyed at me having Miichu around

 

She doesn't front anymore because there's just no point? no different experience that might come depending on who's fronting. Literally the same

 

Howdy Miri!

Yeah, that's fair. For me, I just front because I want to exist, not because my experience will be any different from Gray's. Unless Gray himself wants to front for something and vice versa

 

2 minutes ago, Breloomancer said:

good morning

 

Good morning!

 

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How are you guys?

[TB]

7 hours ago, Miri said:

-says the one who used to think she would rather end her life instead of having to work and be a productive member of society-

me rn

 

Also sorry your therapist keeps pressuring you to get rid of miichu. I wouldn't want to do that just because a therapist said so. I don't know how you or miichu feel about it

 

And yeah somehow someone with so many followers actually replied to my message to them... It was over a year ago though I think so idk how many followers they had at the time. They are the ones that told me about marc brunet which is where I learned about the art school thing I have now

 

My healthcare workers are pressuring me to go to college for art and I don't want to. They said it would be good for me and an answer to my desire to interact with more people. Not so comfortable interacting with people in real life though and I don't want to be in debt. They always just say I can get pale grants but does that just pay for all of college? If pale grants exist why does anyone ever go into student loan debt?

Edited September 19, 2023 by TB