Tyrphanax

I went through an anime phase when I was younger, but then I grew up.

suspiciouscoffee said:

I have a friend who keeps wanting me to watch it, but I just haven’t gotten around to it yet. He’s joked about being a furry since he saw it, but the joke has gone on for quite a while and now I’m not so sure if it really is a joke. I’m worried about him.

[shudder]

The thing about therapy and medication and all that is that they do help a bit in their own way, but what they do most of all is help you help yourself. It’s not a pointless thing, a therapist’s goal is to help you make realizations and facilitate your work towards managing this, they can’t really tell you what to do or how to cure things. I know it can feel hopeless sometimes, but you are making progress.

OCD has become a fixture in your life, it’s programmed deep into your brain, and that can be managed and you can start to undo that programming, but it will take time. You just have to hang in there and keep working for it, do what you can to make your therapy work around your job.

Again, I’d like to suggest you ask your therapist about ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) therapy. If he can’t do it, then ask about a therapist that can. I think that you might benefit from that a lot, because it’s not always possible to not be in a situation that will trigger your compulsions.

Work has probably thrown a bit or a wrench in things. Make a real effort to try to get out and do stuff on work days as well, even if it’s just a walk. It’s so much easier to give into compulsions when you’re tired, so doing your best to get out and away from things until it’s bed time might help.

When’s your next appointment?

I like this Star Wars conspiracy theory thread.

Gratz, Ray! Real barbers are a rarity these days and one of the best experiences a guy can have, I won’t ever go to some crappy salon again.

I haven’t bought much but DLC this year. Nothing really jumping out at me.

Boom boom boom! On time tonight!

101-103

Grant feeds the raptors! Tim does the computer! Malcolm worries!

Maybe you should talk to someone, bud.

Ben-Solo said:

Honestly I want to see a fan edit of The Force Awakens with the scene with me entering inside my fathers ship for the first time in a long time edited back in it makes even a hardened villain such as myself cry.

http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/NEW-NEW-REPUBLIC-RP-PROBOARD/id/11507

It does in my world.

Lord Haseo said:

ZkinandBonez said:

Lord Haseo said:

Good for headcanon but bad for actual canon. I wish we could just get a super definitive answer from someone like Kathleen Kennedy or from a canon source.

Why would Kennedy be a more reliable source than Hidalgo?
For a “definitive answer” you’d need to get it from either Lucas or Kasdan (or Kesher if he every talked about it before he died).

Because in this instance he pretty much used a non canon source. Doesn’t really sit well with me.

EDIT:

I’m curious as to what WEG writers means…

WEG is the abbreviation for West End Games, the writers of which actually fleshed out more Star Wars EU and continuity in the 80s than anyone for a long time when writing their guides for the original Star Wars PnP RPG. A lot of old EU books were based on their timelines and maps and canon.

It is, humidity is the worst. I don’t know how people live in places where it’s a thing.

92-100

Man. That Hammond scene. Different from both the book and the film. I’m not sure exactly what to think of it!

Aside from that: Raptors in the kitchen, Grant in the power shed. A lot of this is taken from the book. Wu and the kitchen and Grant. The part with the mitt made me realize we didn’t get the Aviary. We also missed out on the temporary power restoration (which is one of my favourite parts of the book and really drives home Malcolm’s points). There’s another bit we missed that I’m not remembering, too.

Starting to come to the end here!

Monsoons make night runs very swampy.

Ric does seem like a fun guy.

I just liked the idea of a video game show on TV. I miss that kind of legitimacy it gave gaming. It was like E3 year-round.

Cloverfield was meh.

Chewie looks like some horrible shadow monster.

Especially since it’s about a five gig gif that takes several minutes to load on a good connection on a fantastic PC and it’s quite possibly one of the world’s worst gif specimen.

If that’s what anime is all about, you can count me right out.

TV’s Frink said:

Tyrphanax said:

I’m sorry, Frink. If only you’d smoked three packs a day between stuffing down McDonald’s burgers, maybe you’d have a chance to live to 100.

All these years I’ve been wasting my life eating salad…which you also don’t make friends with.

God, it must suck to know you’ve literally wasted your entire life, man. I’m sorry.

I’m sorry, Frink. If only you’d smoked three packs a day between stuffing down McDonald’s burgers, maybe you’d have a chance to live to 100.

I’m so sorry for you and yours. Rip in Peace, TV’s Frink: 1321-2016

I know it sucks, but the good (and important) thing is you’re doing the work now rather than next year, or five years from now. Don’t beat yourself up about posting here, either. Nobody’s forcing us to be here, haha.

Just as an aside for consideration: See if you can get a referral to an OCD specialist from your current therapist, perhaps? Or maybe do some research and see if you can find one near you (unless your current therapist is!). I would personally bring up the possibility of some Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) therapy, because in this modern world it is awfully hard to escape information (as you yourself have found), so it’s best to learn how to deal with triggers as they come up rather than deny them. It’s a very effective treatment in my experience.

Can we not use the clinical term for humans, please?