What are you doing at the moment?
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Wanting to give Missy a hug... and a punching bag.
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(I solved it by stealing a shoe off the foot of the one who annoyed me, throwing it out into the hallway, and then locking the door behind him as he went to get it)
Now... I'm taking a break from comforting duty. One of my neighbours posted on facebook that he felt like nobody cared about him and that he should just kill himself. Luckily (especially because he doesn't have very many facebook friends) somebody spotted it pretty quickly. We've been taking turns staying with him for the last five hours or so. My turn just ended.
I'm worn out from it, but right now how I'm doing is irrelevant.
Now... I'm taking a break from comforting duty. One of my neighbours posted on facebook that he felt like nobody cared about him and that he should just kill himself. Luckily (especially because he doesn't have very many facebook friends) somebody spotted it pretty quickly. We've been taking turns staying with him for the last five hours or so. My turn just ended.
I'm worn out from it, but right now how I'm doing is irrelevant.
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Logging into RS and figuring out what I was planning to do.
Why do I get the feeling that you seem to take on a lot of other people's emotional issues??
Why do I get the feeling that you seem to take on a lot of other people's emotional issues??
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I'm psychic. I pick up emotional issues by just being near people who have them, so I tend to be the first person to notice peoples' emotional issues.
And since I have a lot of experience dealing with peoples' issues it's my resposibility to help them. Because right now I'm the person here who knows how to do it best. Right now we're trying to convince him to let us call somebody who deals with suicide prevention professionally. If it gets really bad then we plan to do it whether he wants us to or not, but for now it's better if he knows we're getting help for him and he wants the help.
At this point it's likely going to be an issue of convincing him that we'll still be here for him after professional help arrives. The difficulty is that we actually won't, because everyone has an English exam at the same time tomorrow, so it'll actually be about convincing him that we'll be back immediately after the exam. If he's not convinced then I'm skipping my exam and staying right there beside him. I've already made up my mind about that, and I'll MAKE the school understand why I need to take my exam some other time, but only once everyone else gets back.
So yes. I take on a lot of other peoples' issues.
And since I have a lot of experience dealing with peoples' issues it's my resposibility to help them. Because right now I'm the person here who knows how to do it best. Right now we're trying to convince him to let us call somebody who deals with suicide prevention professionally. If it gets really bad then we plan to do it whether he wants us to or not, but for now it's better if he knows we're getting help for him and he wants the help.
At this point it's likely going to be an issue of convincing him that we'll still be here for him after professional help arrives. The difficulty is that we actually won't, because everyone has an English exam at the same time tomorrow, so it'll actually be about convincing him that we'll be back immediately after the exam. If he's not convinced then I'm skipping my exam and staying right there beside him. I've already made up my mind about that, and I'll MAKE the school understand why I need to take my exam some other time, but only once everyone else gets back.
So yes. I take on a lot of other peoples' issues.
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Hm. Interesting. I tend to run in the opposite direction when people I know are emotionally troubled because they usually lie and say "I'm fine" when I ask them and I'm sick and tired of prodding them until they spill all.
Reading fanfiction.
Reading fanfiction.
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I know what you mean. Hearing "I'm fine" is painful, especially when you know it's not true.
This is from Doctor Who. It kind of sums up how I feel when somebody tells me they're fine:
This is from Doctor Who. It kind of sums up how I feel when somebody tells me they're fine:
Dealing with problems is painful, and scary, and is the kind of thing that you want to run away from more than anything else. So I don't. Because if I run away from someone else's problems then it's not only painful and scary, it becomes something they have to face alone, and that's worse than anything. I know.How about you, are you alright?
Oh, I'm always alright.
Is "Alright" special time-lord code for... not really alright at all?
Why?
Because I'm alright too.
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What I want to do is forget most of my current friends and just meet new people at college. I hope to anyway. If I get into the college I want to go to.
Picture spam time :3
Picture spam time :3
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Good pictures. Some funny, some beautiful, some just... True.
About to go back. Take another turn and see if I can make any big changes for the better. If I'm only a shoulder to cry on, an ear to vent into, or even just a prescence in the room though, then that's fine too. What's important is that I be there.
About to go back. Take another turn and see if I can make any big changes for the better. If I'm only a shoulder to cry on, an ear to vent into, or even just a prescence in the room though, then that's fine too. What's important is that I be there.
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Mm. Good luck. Hope he pulls through in the end 
Still reading fanfiction and pondering whether I should write a quick one shot or not.
Still reading fanfiction and pondering whether I should write a quick one shot or not.
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Once again, I'm back.
He's doing a bit better. I convinced him to let me call somebody, although we're still taking turns staying with him of course. I'm an early sleeper and an early riser so the next time I check up on him will be the morning. Two of the other boys are taking spots on his floor for the night (they're sweethearts) so that he's still not alone though.
It feels like he'll be well enough to last while we're gone for the exam, but I can't say for sure until tomorrow.
He's doing a bit better. I convinced him to let me call somebody, although we're still taking turns staying with him of course. I'm an early sleeper and an early riser so the next time I check up on him will be the morning. Two of the other boys are taking spots on his floor for the night (they're sweethearts) so that he's still not alone though.
It feels like he'll be well enough to last while we're gone for the exam, but I can't say for sure until tomorrow.
