CupcakeOfSpice

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[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not entirely sure what you're saying or your degree of seriousness, so I'll just say schizophrenia is not inherently bad. It is not inherently dangerous. If he does something specific that seems dangerous, maybe stay away. But otherwise it's most likely harmless. And it's not necessarily schizophrenia anyway. He could just have some odd beliefs. Most people do.

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I would probably say no. Especially since there are a lot of other conditions including simply age that can cause these symptoms. Asking like this could cause him to become angry (and possibly violent, but not necessarily) or it could cause a lot of shame for him. It could also just cause him to distrust you and could harm the relationship. If you genuinely think he could be harmful to himself or others, then there should be someone you can call. In the US you can call for a wellness check, except I think police are the ones who respond to those unfortunately. If they deem him dangerous to himself or others, he would be brought to a hospital where he would likely receive medication and possibly references to a therapist. But if he seems harmless, it's probably just best to leave that be and steer conversation away from aliens.

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When I was unmedicated, I had wild stories like this too. I was terrifying to me; I thought the aliens were somehow going to use me destroy all life on the planet. I'm medicated now, but I still sometimes get delusions similar to this, especially in the week before my antipsychotic injection. Some people can become dangerous when they're psychotic, but most often it's more frightening and dangerous to the person themselves. I'm not trying to downplay what your dad and you at the hands of your dad experienced, though! Just don't necessarily jump to the conclusion that this particular person is dangerous to others.

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

I'd be careful throwing around the word 'crazy' like that. Lumping in Innocent people with mental illness together with intentionally being a ghoul. She chose to be a prosecutor and to be abnormally cruel about it. She's not crazy; she's cruel.

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 30 points 2 months ago

"Maybe calling for genocide and a new holocaust is a bad thing?" "What are you, a woke Marxist??"

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

I don't want to fix Shadowheart as much as I want to work through our religious trauma together. We can fix each other, y'know? Best option given the lack of therapists in Faerûn.

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 45 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I'd mostly agree, but it sounds like the dude just sat there while she poured fuel on him, and when she made the threatening gesture, decided in was in everyone's best interest to continue egging her on. I feel like I would have been fleeing when she started trying to pour the fuel. Or I just wouldn't make a misogynistic comment, but whatever I guess.

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Fucking hate it. Except I think it happens every Wednesday where I am, though I could be wrong. Weather trauma + psychotic disorder = I literally hear sirens almost all the time.

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

Agreed. Since experiencing a historic tornado when I was younger, all those sounds are nightmare fuel. One time I tried watching one of those 'sirenhead' things (dumb slop, I know) and it was so bad. Their tests could certainly use less extreme sounds.

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

And the letter is that Jojo stand where his arm comes out of the paper holding a gun

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

The ridiculousness of what is considered "professional" can get really annoying, though. Like, if a nonbinary folk were in the court and introduced themself as Sock, everyone would be all over them for using an unprofessional 'nickname' in court. That's the person's name! I recently heard a similar real-life story, but I probably shouldn't share details, so the similar hypothetical is what you get. I know a person who always has colored hair who wears a "normal" wig to court because apparently self-expression is unprofessional. It's all absurd.

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 36 points 2 months ago

"Hey, I had this idea! What if instead of separating church and state, we explicitly united them! And then, like, our king would be the spokesperson of God. It'd be like some sort of divine right or something. We could call this and its legacy something like the Dark Ages. It'd be cool, man; this has never happened before!"

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