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Yes, Frumple, but the fact that you deemed using "Flesh pockets" to be a more sensible solution than simply throwing it out the window, is in itself something to be worried of. 

Eh, fair enough. I mostly figured Dutchling had some reason (which shan't be speculated on, for nearly all possible reasons are horrible) to keep them in there to begin with, and so throwing them out wasn't an option.

Just stuff the fire alarm in a dead hooker and wrap the whole lot in a blanket and shove 'em in the closet. More insulation is more insulation -- the more stuff between the beeping and you, the harder it will be to hear. Even if it's clap ridden necrotic prostitute flesh.

It's because, at least in the US, most people pronounce it as 'red-iculous" rather than 'rid-iculous', and so they spell it accordingly.

... re-dick-you-luss. Not red-ick-you-luss or rid-ick-you-luss. Which is why people spell it rediculous. Because it starts with re, like refrigerator. Or reese's. Not red or rid. Least that's how I've always heard it said *shrugs*

Which is a damn shame. The on-site CIA brothels are among the highest class whorehouses on earth.

... interesting y'all had dreams you probably didn't really want to wake up from, today, too. Mine had soul-rending pyrokinetics, harem antics, and the most amazing (and amazingly comfortable) beds. Among other things. It was one of those "Pretty great, wish this was reality, goddamnit I woke up" ones.

I've known people that do, yeah. Personally don't have a problem with it (Though I usually turn it off because I just don't like how it looks + resource consumption reduction), but it's a thing.

Venting rarely helps all that much in the longer run, either*. It almost always takes, y'know, lifestyle changes and/or medication to break out of major depression, and from what I recall J can't/won't go the therapy/potentially medication route for whatever reason and is having trouble with the former due to the whole major depression thing. Talking helps, though, for most, so long as it's not the sort of talk that just makes things worse.

*Though it can help in the short term, sometimes (when it's not self-reinforcing, which can happen), which can keep things going until the long run comes around. But it's basically a symptom cure instead of a causal one, at best -- and if you don't fix the cause, all the symptom suppression in the world isn't really going to help all that much.

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As for what to do JFH -- step one is stop thinking like you're thinking. You're pulling a pretty bog standard self-reinforcing depression loop whatsit. It's the hardest step, but the one you have to get to and get through to really manage anything else. Y'gotta' find a way to love yourself before you can love the world. Or it helps a lot, anyway. Ultimately you have to learn to do both, to some degree, to really get by.

If you were working with a decent therapist, they'd probably recommend (well, medication, but before or after that) positive thinking. More specifically, just stop using negative words in reference to yourself. Confusion is an opportunity to learn. Hate is an opportunity to understand, to learn to empathize. Anger is an opportunity to find peace, and to understand the self and how things make you react. The negative is something beyond your control. The positive is something that can lead to greater control. Embrace the positive.

It's literally almost entirely a matter of wording and framing the problem, but it's one that -- once you actually internalize it, and make it a consistent habit (something that's very much difficult, especially when you're experiencing major depression! That's what a therapist and/or understanding friends/family/etc [if the latter exists]. are for. It's incredibly rare that a person in your situation gets out of it alone.) -- can very much pay dividends for your mental health.

Wuzzleface's customer service? Probably be a pain in the arse to get them to reverse it, if they will at all, but it might be worth a shot.

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