how do you survive down in the pit of despair for 10 months straight?

[Nülliflower]

is it even worth trying?

[St✩rlight]

hug

[Nülliflower]

Originally posted by St✩rlight:

hug

[Emperor Chungus III]

You learn to embrace pain as see it as a normal feeling.

[salamander]

is this a literal pit of despair or a figurative pit of despair? if the pit is figurative, then survival is achieved through becoming numb to it. the human brain can train itself to become desensitised to trauma, to suffering. the pain never goes away completely, but time and distraction can help to be steeling one against it.

if this is a literal pit of despair, i recommend maybe tying all of your clothes together into a long rope and trying to throw it to the top, hoping it becomes stuck on a branch or something. then you can use it to climb out. just beware of the creatures that lurk in the pit of despair though, for they are numerous.

[Xero_Daxter]

The ones who keep fighting even when it’s hard. Never give up without a fight. Those are the stories that stayed with you; that meant something.

[Nülliflower]

Originally posted by Emperor Chungus III:

You learn to embrace pain as see it as a normal feeling.

that's part of the problem, you become numb to the usual everyday aches. so you find yourself tearing into deeper & deeper layers of dermis for one more chance to feel something.

[salamander]

Originally posted by Nülliflower:

Originally posted by Emperor Chungus III:

You learn to embrace pain as see it as a normal feeling.

that's part of the problem, you become numb to the usual everyday aches. so you tear into deeper layers of dermis for one more chance to feel something.

my thighs and arms are covered in reminders of such things. i used to hate the scars and still kind of do, i might cover them with tattoos eventually. but at the same time i am happy to have survived long enough for them to become scars.

please do not give up, friend. i know not of your suffering, but you have never shown yourself to be anything but a sweet, imaginative person.

[Nülliflower]

Originally posted by salamander:

is this a literal pit of despair or a figurative pit of despair? if the pit is figurative, then survival is achieved through becoming numb to it. the human brain can train itself to become desensitised to trauma, to suffering. the pain never goes away completely, but time and distraction can help to be steeling one against it.

if this is a literal pit of despair, i recommend maybe tying all of your clothes together into a long rope and trying to throw it to the top, hoping it becomes stuck on a branch or something. then you can use it to climb out. just beware of the creatures that lurk in the pit of despair though, for they are numerous.

figuratively literal. it feels as though there's a massive downward tunnel inside my head that leads nowhere and my brains stuck at the very bottom.

[salamander]

Originally posted by Nülliflower:

Originally posted by salamander:

is this a literal pit of despair or a figurative pit of despair? if the pit is figurative, then survival is achieved through becoming numb to it. the human brain can train itself to become desensitised to trauma, to suffering. the pain never goes away completely, but time and distraction can help to be steeling one against it.

if this is a literal pit of despair, i recommend maybe tying all of your clothes together into a long rope and trying to throw it to the top, hoping it becomes stuck on a branch or something. then you can use it to climb out. just beware of the creatures that lurk in the pit of despair though, for they are numerous.

figuratively literal. it feels as though there's a massive downward tunnel inside my head that leads nowhere and my brains stuck at the very bottom.

have you considered a telescope so you can see to the very bottom of your tunnel?

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NQf0Kwmc3w

[Nülliflower]

Originally posted by salamander:

Originally posted by Nülliflower:

figuratively literal. it feels as though there's a massive downward tunnel inside my head that leads nowhere and my brains stuck at the very bottom.

have you considered a telescope so you can see to the very bottom of your tunnel?

the telescope... yesh... but perhaps a pair of binoculars or a good ol' magnifying glass ought to suffice, no? there's probably a telescope over in the second house but then i'll have to ask DAD to bring it back here... sigh.

[salamander]

Originally posted by Nülliflower:

Originally posted by salamander:

have you considered a telescope so you can see to the very bottom of your tunnel?

the telescope... yesh... but perhaps a pair of binoculars or a good ol' magnifying glass ought to suffice, no? there's probably a telescope over in the second house but then i'll have to ask DAD to bring it back here... sigh.

its a small price to pay to be able to see fully into your brain tunnel. who knows what is down there? gold, jewels perhaps? or maybe some fun thoughts about dinosaurs.

[Knee]

It takes a lot to stop hating yourself. My first step was realizing that changing myself was actually possible. I had to take the first step and reach out to one of my good friends for help. 18 year addiction is now gone. Never been better since.

[Nülliflower]

Originally posted by salamander:

Originally posted by Nülliflower:

the telescope... yesh... but perhaps a pair of binoculars or a good ol' magnifying glass ought to suffice, no? there's probably a telescope over in the second house but then i'll have to ask DAD to bring it back here... sigh.

its a small price to pay to be able to see fully into your brain tunnel. who knows what is down there? gold, jewels perhaps? or maybe some fun thoughts about dinosaurs.

ghouls. i'm expecting ghouls down there. that would explain why i've been getting dumber & dumber as the years pass py, my cerebral matter went town the ghoulish pieholes, never to be seen again.

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being too online and lazy can cause depression and other mental illnesses and it can be treated by leaving your comfort zone, i think new experiences and new people can rewire your brain, trauma is often negative but positive trauma is a thing imo