::Maybe writing them down would help.:: [They had never thought to do that. They had seen it as keeping a record rather than letting their thoughts go, and they had already been keeping a record on their body.]
[They lean back, resting their head against the couch.] ::Would it help to think about what you can do now that things have gone the way they did? You might not be able to change the past, but you can change the present and the future.::
::That sounds peaceful.:: They pause. ::Or empty.:: They think they would feel empty without their thoughts, but there would always be other people’s minds if their own was silent.
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::Well, have you ever had a thought go round your head that you couldn't get to go away?::
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::Something like that.:: [Their obsessiveness is less of a problem now, but they think they still have that trait.]
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::Maybe writing them down would help.:: [They had never thought to do that. They had seen it as keeping a record rather than letting their thoughts go, and they had already been keeping a record on their body.]
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::What kinds of things do you think about after bad things happen?::
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[They lean back, resting their head against the couch.] ::Would it help to think about what you can do now that things have gone the way they did? You might not be able to change the past, but you can change the present and the future.::
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::Not thinking at all seems impossible, at least for me.::
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::That sounds peaceful.:: They pause. ::Or empty.:: They think they would feel empty without their thoughts, but there would always be other people’s minds if their own was silent.
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Those words feel heavier somehow, weary in a way that goes beyond the general fatigue that they can sense from him.
::Does sleeping with someone else help?:: If he has someone who would be comfortable doing that.
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::Just sleeping,:: they clarify. ::I could do that, if it would be helpful.::
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