::Eventually. After a month or so I get exhausted enough I just pass out. I wouldn't recommend that, though.:: [At least some of the tiredness is his. He's just so used to carrying it around it doesn't always register.] ::Missing what?::
[They want to find a reliable way to help, something that will not allow their weak emotions to get in the way. Something that will let actions speak louder than the words they have trouble finding.]
::Instinct, or empathy.:: [They study Rawne’s couch for a moment before walking over to it, settling themself on the edge of one of the cushions. They lean forward, bracing their forearms on their knees.]
::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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Date: 2024-12-18 04:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-12-21 12:31 am (UTC)[They want to find a reliable way to help, something that will not allow their weak emotions to get in the way. Something that will let actions speak louder than the words they have trouble finding.]
::Instinct, or empathy.:: [They study Rawne’s couch for a moment before walking over to it, settling themself on the edge of one of the cushions. They lean forward, bracing their forearms on their knees.]
::I rarely sleep, so I have no idea what helps.::
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Date: 2024-12-21 03:29 am (UTC)::Well, have you ever had a thought go round your head that you couldn't get to go away?::
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Date: 2024-12-23 06:46 am (UTC)::Something like that.:: [Their obsessiveness is less of a problem now, but they think they still have that trait.]
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Date: 2024-12-23 01:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-12-24 04:35 pm (UTC)::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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Date: 2024-12-24 04:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-12-28 12:37 am (UTC)::What kinds of things do you think about after bad things happen?::
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Date: 2024-12-28 01:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-12-31 04:54 am (UTC)[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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Date: 2024-12-31 01:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-01-04 07:20 am (UTC)::Not thinking at all seems impossible, at least for me.::
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Date: 2025-01-04 04:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-01-04 08:02 pm (UTC)::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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Date: 2025-01-04 08:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-01-06 03:41 am (UTC)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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Date: 2025-01-06 04:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-01-06 08:18 pm (UTC)::Just sleeping,:: they clarify. ::I could do that, if it would be helpful.::
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Date: 2025-01-06 08:23 pm (UTC)