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windvexer · 21 days

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This is kind of a large question so I apologize but I guess I'm curious on how you're able to get such specific or like. unique (i mean this in a good way) answers from tarot? Like your "what magic should i learn next" stuff or how to pick up what a spirit can do through tarot. like idk how to translate these cards into what the spirit is trying to say

Hi!

There's no easy answer to this question, partially because I've now been reading tarot for almost exactly 16 years. This isn't at all to say that it's just the passage of time, but that in that amount of time I've done tons and tons of different things to expand my understanding of, and usage, of tarot.

Tarot didn't come to me very easily, and part of that journey was doing a lot of experimentation in an effort to figure it all out. My reading practice is still very much typified by a huge amount of experimentation and custom reading methods.

It hasn't been a linear process at all. I go through periods of months (or more!) where tarot just doesn't click for me, at all. So just because I picked up my first tarot deck 16 years ago doesn't mean that I've kept a consistent practice (I'm just now getting back into it after just such a fallow period ^-^)

My feelings on experimentation is that it gives me new ways to think about not only the cards, but also spreads, methodologies, and readings as a whole.

In addition, my experiments with other forms of divination (most especially casting lots, energy readings, and playing card readings) have heavily influenced my tarot readings.

Here is a post I wrote that I think expresses my feelings on experimenting within tarot.

Here are some examples of tarot experiments I've performed, and/or methodologies I've explored. It's these sorts of things that have been building blocks in my abilities in tarot. But no single one of them was a "key."

Elemental dignities: The elements of the cards dictates how they interact with each other. Air + fire can mean a supercharged firestorm, but water + fire can mean a controlled fire under a stewpot, or blocked progress of the fire. This experiment helps with understanding how cards can link together, and how energy can flow within a spread.

Elemental landscapes: Spreads are laid down in lines or grids and each card represents one aspect of the landscape. You must brainstorm and choose your own meanings. E.g., 8/wands is an exploding volcano. Queen/Cups is a lake inhabited by mermaids. Read the flow of weather patterns and energies through the spread as an answer to the question. This experiment helps with intuitive reading and working with a spread as a whole, instead of focusing on individual cards.

Elemental portents: Assign an element to your question. Draw a card. If the element on the card agrees with the element of your question, the portent is good; if it disagrees, the portent is bad. This experiment helps with learning how to phrase questions and how the question themselves can influence the balance of the deck.

Astral landscapes: This was an elaborate system I built around the Wooden Tarot. I worked with each card to assign it a mystical association that could occur in an astral landscape. The major arcana were spirits who could travel across the landscape. Each spread was like a playing board of a generated landscape and the spirits that interacted inside of it. This experiment was fun for considering the metaphysical ramifications of the energies of the cards themselves.

Numerical virtues: The number value of the card indicates its power and magnitude in the spread. 2 and 3 value cards are always of smaller power and significance. 10 and court cards are always of higher value. Aces may be high or low. This experiment gave me a new way of thinking about importance of each card, and how to blend magnitudes of significance.

Infinite directional wheel: I wrote a post on this actually, but basically you can keep placing cards forever in the cross-quarter positions. It's a meditation on the concept of elements and directions within witchcraft. Also, an extremely useful spread. This was a vital experiment for me in understanding spreadwork, flow of information, and linking cards.

Card doubling and tripling: Place two (or 3) cards together and determine the meaning as if it's one single card; there is no border, and the images combine with each other. The pictures and meanings of each combine into a single card.

Card doubling and tripling, but in spreads: For each position in the spread, place two cards (or three cards!) in place of one. Read the dyads or triads as if they are a single card. It isn't beginning/middle/end; it's a single triple-complex card! These doubling experiments helped me with the concept of card linking and blending meanings into unique interpretations.

Custom meaning sets: Basically, swap out all the default meanings with your own. Extremely useful IMO in learning how sets of meanings work together, and how to balance sets of meanings. I wrote a post on it here. These experiments have perhaps been the most vital for me in developing new interpretations. I believe that the magical skills readings you referenced were the result of custom meaning sets.

No meaning sets: Instead of using any card meanings, all spreads are resolved using a combination of elemental portents and numerical virtues. I.e., the element and number of a card in relation to other cards in the spread determines the reading. Here, the experimentation is allowing the cards to have strict, defined roles within a spread that can't be overwritten by personal intuition.

As a final note, I highly, highly recommend recording every reading you do and every card you draw. For the first couple years of my practice I recorded all readings, and it was a huge boost to my learning.

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alilarew23 · 6 months

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hi! i just wanted to ask: is it possible to have a limiting belief that even though i have it in imagination i won’t get it in the 3d? because i’ve done everything right- fulfilling myself and dismissing the 3d as much as i can knowing it has to change but it’s been more than a month of this and i don’t know what more to do. i’ve done edward arts meditations and just experienced it, imagining what my life would be like after i received my desire, making pinterest boards, simply just “deciding” and reminding myself i do have it in my 4d

i’m so tired, i even validate myself and say no i do have it in imagination idk what else i’m supposed to do? i have clearly accepted i have it in imagination and i am being the person who has it but it shouldn’t take this long at all. i want results in my 3d, i have such bad circumstances and it just doesn’t seem to reflect even though i do know i have it.

please could you give me advice. thank you.

(would appreciate if you could help me asap because idk where else to go, im so grateful for your blog!)

hmmm it sounds like maybe because you’re dealing with shitty circumstances and are desperate for external change you may not be embodying the version of yourself who has your desire even though intellectually you know and believe you do.

this is a likely a nervous system thing - i can relate as i’ve struggled a bit with this in the past (ptsd stuff). hug.

here’s a question: say the “universe,” “god,” “source,” “imagination,” “your subconscious mind,” whatever you want to call it came to you this morning and said, “hi bestie i desperately want to gift you _____, but you’re blocking it.”

what are you doing/thinking/feeling that might be blocking it?

the answer that intuitively comes to mind is the right one. trust it.

for me, the answer is usually continued mental/physical strain and tension, which implies force, which is the antithesis of surrender/receivership.

you need to get into the energy of receiving.

for me this means softening of the body, quieting of the mind, and envisioning/feeling the wish-fulfilled as a lovely gentle constant pummeling, like you just keep receiving gift after gift after gift and you’re so unbelievably grateful.

you can even repeat something like, “i am calling in _____,” (even though really you’re expressing it, but that’s just semantics).

but you MUST lose the desperation, the physical/mental experience of lack, the awareness of time.

lose yourself in the state of receiving this week, and see what happens.

i hope this helps.

i do sense and trust you are doing your best. this, here, is part of your bridge. keep following your intuition. it is all working out for you. i promise.

love you!

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sofoulandfairaday · 9 months

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1 for the ask game

from: choose violence ask game

1. the character everyone gets wrong

Err... all of them? I'm not even kidding. More on this here.

Bellatrix: fortunately there's been progress in the fandom, but for years everyone loved to describe her as an overly sexualized, crazy, shrieking mindless slave, when she's actually quite the opposite. She is sadistic, but not insane, she's passionate but not irrational (she is the only one who knew Snape was a traitor; to me, it's because of a peculiar mix of rationality and intuition that shows her to be actually quite intelligent). Nothing suggests her being promiscuous in the text and I would actually argue the opposite of her (why would she ever lower herself to sleep with someone who she deems her inferior - so basically everyone -, even just to satisfy mere physical desires? This post, to me, is Bella at her core).

Narcissa: this is canon Narcissa, all of you are perfectly entitled to your soft babygirl headcanons, of course, but then again you are perfectly entitled to be wrong <3 [also, shameless self-promo: x]

The blorboification continues for every single member of the Black family and I hate it so much you have no idea:

Andromeda: somehow described as a soft little girl who loved her mean, mean sisters so much and had to run away? Bitch stood up to seven centuries of tradition, and abandoned her sisters and parents, to marry a boy she had fallen in love with maybe two years prior (we know this based on Tonks' age). Good for her, but as I have said previously, both Narcissa and Andromeda (and Sirius, really) strike me as a bit selfish. The one with the romantic attachment to the idea of her family, the child most like Walburga, is Bellatrix.

But this is nothing, NOTHING, compared to what this fandom does to Regulus and Sirius.

Regulus: canonically a Voldemort fanboy, with newspaper clippings of him everywhere, and a blood supremacist. Sirius says it better than anyone: Reggie is soft. But not in the way the fandom believes, nope. He's just a coward who, much like Draco years later, was super excited to be like Bellatrix (Lucius) until he realized what killing really meant, what fighting a war really was, and most importantly because Voldemort touched him personally (Kreacher, whom he loved). Voldemort was probably a little more deranged than he had been at the beginning of the First War, and someone that had inherited the Black pride/haughtiness probably didn't like being branded like cattle and treated like a slave, on top of everything else.

Sirius: fanon Sirius is basically another character. Canon!Sirius is: tall, canonically incredibly handsome, quite masculine (in an explicit and toxic way, especially as a teenager in the fucking 1970s - the skirt-wearing, feminist one-liners spouting version of Sirius is something I just cannot get behind), a dick, a bit classist ((don't come @ me with your "oh, but what about Moony?!" because a) we don't know Remus' wealth when Lyall and Hope were still alive, we only know he can't get a job as an adult because of his condition and b) Remus is Sirius' exception, in the same way Lily is Snape's when he calls her a Mudblood - everyone else is in his eyes)), brave to the point of recklessness, quite cruel, funny, witty, magically talented, loyal to a fault, extremely charismatic and everything else outlined here. For the same reasons, I'll say Remus too.

Don't even get me started on Severus Snape. Other people have spoken on this better than I could ever. At least here on Tumblr, though, it seems to me that things are getting a little better after years of absolutely bizarre takes. Or maybe I've blocked all of the idiots idk.

Dumbledore. More on this here and maybe I'll outline my ideas better in a future post.

Also: I do not accept any characterization of Evan Rosier, Barty Crouch jr, Reggie, and Rabastan Lestrange as anything less than violent blood supremacists. Yes, they can be nuanced and gay (and only for each other might I add), but these people are the KKK (metaphorically, of course, because I hate comparing real-world tragedies to completely fictional ones, but still).

Lucius: a complete dick, but definitely not abusive. The man couldn't raise a hand to Draco if the Dark Lord threatened to kill him over it.

Speaking of which: my darling Lord Voldemort. Not much to say about him really because I know that some people do write him in a very interesting way (and I am open to interpretations of his character even if they are different from how I see him - and I have a very fucking specific vision of him). The problem is that perhaps three (3) of these people write him with Bellatrix and that saddens me.

Now, I mostly read First Wizarding War stuff or Death Eater stuff so I can't really speak to many other characters, especially in Harry's generation, but anything other than cowardly Draco is not a good Draco characterization to me. Ron is hands-down the best one in the Golden Trio and Ron Weasley bashing is pathetic. Hermione has faults but is ultimately a strong, take-no-bullshit girl and I'll take that over basically any and all female YA protagonists. And Harry is sassiness personified, but with a heart of gold, and oh-so-caring. Which is also why I can't read dark!Harry for the life of me. It just makes me giggle.

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gothic-galene · 2 years

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Future spouse predictions

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Pile 1

Meeting and the energy surrounding it:

Villain energy from you, you might meet this person during a very sad time of your life. You might be in an anti-romantic phase or just be in a casual dater phase is what I'm picking up on, you might be spending a lot of time with your friends as well. Your person is likely very responsible. You or they might be saturn dominant. You'll be feeling like you have new ideas about healing yourself and becoming better but don't have the resources or growth is just blocked for some reason. I feel like a gap of some sort between you and your immediate friend group or your family might be the reason you end up getting close to this person. You will be feeling really wronged by someone (I'm getting a group of people tbh) and they'll be like a place for you to let it out. The fact that your person is taking the middle path instead of wholeheartedly and blindly supporting you and hating on the ones that wronged you is going to get you all riled up and you might not want to date them. You might act like you're not interested in them and stuff because you might have to compete for them. They might be casually going out with other people and be very busy with work or education which will leave you sad too. I'm getting the relationship starting a bit more slowly even though you'll definitely like them from the start. They might be starting a new career when you meet. You might meet them when you're younger as well.They might also introduce you to their friends or you might meet through mutual friends.

Personality:

I feel like your person was someone who was talented even during their younger days. Leonardo DiCaprio and an aquarius classmate came to my mind for some reason (might have air placements.) Their personality is going to impact your creativity, confidence and self esteem. You might find yourself questioning your self worth because of them. They'll be the type to provide you with the emotions and communication that you need. You're going to love how fun loving they are for sure. They're an incredibly patient and understanding person when it comes to you.

Trope:

The both of you might have a slow burn relationship trope. I'm getting the both of you liking each other a lot but you being scared of the heartbreak that might follow the happiness and the both of you caring a lot about each other. You'll want to protect this person and be there for them later on but at the beginning they might be the only one who's aware of the depth of the connection between the both of you. When you finally figure your shit out, this person will be done with the whole situation, the both of you will probably reunite after a few years again. I'm getting they'll try to make things work between the both of you but it'll be very difficult for the both of you and then they'll finally run out of patience. You'll be having a hard time when it comes to trusting them. They'll be able to sense and almost clearly see your emotions but as humans we don't trust our intuition as much as logic so they won't be entirely sure as to whether or not you're feeling how they think you are feeling, they might find you a bit indecisive and toxic but they'll just choose to accept you and love you regardless of how bright and obvious your red flags are at that time. I'm picking up friends to lovers for some of you.

Random stuff that might hold significance:

Reading, hugs, bookstore dates, skeleton (idk maybe a t-shirt or a literal skeleton), greek statues, friends to lovers, anger lash outs, pearls, black nails, Harry styles or one direction concert, band tshirt?

Pile 2

Meeting and the energy surrounding it:

I'm getting your soulmate being stuck in a rut during the time the both of you meet. They might have a fear of change during that time. My advice is for the both of you to go with the flow. You're not going to be in a good place either though, a time of anxiety will have finally passed you. Both of your self doubt will prevent the meeting for quite some time. You'll both be confused about each other's feelings and intentions. I feel like the both of you will like each other romantically before even knowing anything about each other but you'll approach each other as friends at the beginning to not scare the other away. Definitely going to meet as co-workers, some sort of gathering or mutual friends.

Personality:

Your person has a habit of not reaching out first, especially when it comes to romantic relationships. I think they are pretty logical and might have difficulty with feminine qualities such as emotions, empathy, reading inbetween the lines, etc. They might lack creativity and be the type to go straight into getting the job done. I feel like they'll be working towards freeing themselves from the mental rut when you meet them. They might come off really distant. They can give up too easily when it comes to romantic relationships.

Trope:

A lot of miscommunication, you'll have opportunities but will occasionally (pretty constantly tbh) ghost each other, I'm getting the both of you not even noticing the other ghosting you because you're ghosting them too. Mixed communication, you don't understand if this person hates you, likes someone else, likes you or you're just overthinking everything. One or both of you are going to be very career oriented, it might prevent your meeting for a while or simply just create a lot of frustration to the other party. They'll definitely teach you how to go forward and make a move towards people you're interested in (even platonically.) They'll also help you become more ambitious. I'm not getting anything about the way you might end up dating.

Random stuff that might hold significance:

Chokers, saudade: a nostalgic longing to be near again to something or someone that is distant, or that has been loved then lost; the love that remains, the black angel, grunge style, mysogynistic tendencies, leather coat and jacket, cigarettes.

Pile 3

Meeting and the energy surrounding it:

I am getting you meeting this person in the months June-July or it's just going to be hot (in case you live in the southern hemisphere, it's going to be in whatever months that are hot for you.) This person won't be able to get you off their head after meeting you for the first time. You might meet through social media or have interactions only on social media before meeting (I feel like this person is going to be popular among the people around you, your friends or coworkers might simp over them before you get involved with them.) I'm sorry but one of you is going to be involved with someone else. Someone other than the both of you is going to feel played by one of you. You're going to enjoy the date though, it's like everything becomes soft yet intense when the both of you are around. I feel like this first date is going to make the both of you feel like the both of you are already dating. Holding hands, hugging, a lot of skinship even on the first date. You might be the one to like this person first but they'll grow into liking you. They might be the kind of hate hugs and skinship but love it when it comes from you.

Personality:

Your person seems to have a similar personality to pile 2's person but more developed. Your person has a habit of not reaching out first, especially when it comes to romantic relationships. I think they are pretty logical and might have difficulty with feminine qualities such as emotions, empathy, reading inbetween the lines, etc. However, unlike pile 2's person they do not lack creativity. I feel like they'll be in a good place when you meet them. They might come off really distant. They can give up too easily when it comes to romantic relationships.

Trope:

I feel like the both of you might have some sort of a gap like maybe you have an age gap or you're not their usual type. I'm sorry but they might be dating other people too, this one person is standing out, they might have cat features (the third party.) They will be all lovey dovey with this person, however, your person doesn't commit unless they're sure it's going to provide the stability that they require. One or both of you might be capricorn/sagittarius moons. Your person might not want to commit but really want to commit at the same time. I feel like you won't be able to meet them for whatever reason for quite a long time and their love language might be quality time so they will get close to the third party during that time. Your person might have to move out of the town soon or something. You might meet them for the second time and you will either treat them the same way which will make them feel some way which in turn will make them question their feelings towards the third party or you won't touch them at all but will talk to them as if nothing happened but they'll be craving for your touch and you might express your emotions randomly like they might be sipping coffee and you just go "I love you, take care of yourself, I'll always be looking out for you from here." Or they'll ask you something like "why did you do that?" And you just go "because I care about you." They seem to have gotten hurt in the past. This is a very intimate relationship, both of you care about the other without even knowing it yourselves. Might dream about each other.

Random stuff that might hold significance:

Grunge jewelery, leather jacket, skirt, angel baby, us against the world, LGBTQ for some of you, Sofia (the name), heartbreak, my everything, sunshine, push and pull, confusion.

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nayatarot777 · 1 year

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✨ what do you need to know right now? + random messages ✨ ~ pac

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• pile 1 •

there’s an ending to a long cycle that’s coming up. everything in your life seems as though it’s stagnant. not progressing or moving forward at all, but that’s because you’re afraid to surrender a certain way of doing things. when just living your life, or how you achieve things in particular.

you could be feeling stagnant because you’re trying to develop motivation through projects, hobbies, belief systems, etc. that you’ve outgrown. you’ve learned what you need to learn from those things but it’s almost like you’re afraid to let go of them regardless. the unknown seems scary at first, but i know that you know that there’s so much more peace and balance on the other side of surrendering to this life change/identity change.

random message but animals could be important to you guys. birds. chickens in particular. and frogs. idk what that’s about 😂

i just heard “life reset”. there’s also a message about finding complete peace and comfort in your own private world. you might not want to be around people much and that’s perfectly okay.

surrender your boundaries between you and the universe. things might be too overwhelming right now, but if you’re someone who operates out of faith, now is a good time to practice the art of surrendering. those of us in this pile have fought through enough already. we’ve been through enough. we deserve to sit in our own peace and quiet and enjoy our time to ourselves if that’s what we choose.

bonus message: for those of us who have done fiery wall of protections or return to senders? the universe has heard our requests loud and clear. this is blocking out anything and everything that is destructive in our lives. our spirits won’t be so susceptible to being bothered by people’s bullshit lmao. i’m seeing that most of us are people that not many people have access to easily, anyway. if that’s not the case yet, then a space and time for complete hermit mode is coming up.

• pile 2 •

you guys are switching up the way that you think and speak to/about yourself. a huge burst of self assurance and confidence is subconsciously coming to you guys. it’s not clear where this confidence is coming from, but it could be due to avoiding a disaster of some sort?

you could be in a situation that has continuously made you worry for quite a while now, but i’m seeing that you’ll have either the motivation, strength, or bravery to change the course of your life through actively asserting yourself towards something. that’s what will help with this tough situation.

there’s also a message about you guys genuinely picking up on hidden enemies, psychic attacks, and non-genuine people around you. you’re not being paranoid or anything like that. you’re subconsciously or unconsciously picking up on some hating ass energy. i don’t like that. i heard that you should burn some palo santo or something to cleanse yourself and your space. bitches are big mad over you, pile 2 👀

what i’m picking up on is you picking up on the hidden competition that you know you feel from certain people in your life. it’s very gross. you’re realising that you’re someone who actually has something that others are jealous about. and that could be absolutely anything.

you’re increasingly getting more confident in listening to your intuition and this will help you to avoid a betrayal or backstabbing. i feel like, again, you’re unconsciously aware of this (or maybe you are consciously but you’re not speaking about what you know?) and this is also helping you.

keep doing your thing, and release other people’s assumptions and judgements of you. you don’t owe them shit. not an explanation. not your defensiveness. nothing.

• pile 3 •

for some of you, you’ve been given the responsibility of putting in the ground work for something. you’ve been given too much responsibility for too long and it’s overwhelming for you. an opportunity to leave something stressful behind is showing itself. you see that you’re investing way too much into whatever this is, just for it to not progress or evolve. things have stayed the same for a while and you’ve been carrying burdens related to this that you haven’t had to. for way too long. the opportunity to walk away is arising.

i’m also seeing that some of you could be laying a creative project or some type of work to rest? to switch paths and find something much more fulfilling. you can use the knowledge that you’ve learned so far for your new path and make great shit happen. it’s better than sitting around, waiting for something to happen without any progress.

some of you could even be leaving whole careers behind. because of the fact that they don’t emotionally fulfil you like you’d like. you’re following your heart more than money, status, or anything else, and that’s a great thing. your spirit feels free after releasing whatever this is.

i’m really getting big retirement vibes from this. of course that’s only for a smaller number of you, but figuratively speaking, whatever path you’re going down is building you so much stability and wealth. it’s actually insane. you’ll be able to live your life in a chill way. no stress. you can grow fruits out of your labour on your own unconventional path and still live comfortably. you know that. and you’re succeeding as long as you release what you need to.

p.s. - i’m picking up on a lot of virgo energy from you guys. or chiron. you guys are doing enough. stop being so hard on yourself. you’ve perfected your chosen path. you know what to do. run with it.

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maschotch · 1 year

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not to be annoying about semantics or whatever, but i think jj does have quite a bit of empathy, maybe not much cognitive empathy, ie logically thinking about how other people would feel n all that. but she would have affective empathy, ie being ‘in tune’ with what people are feeling and being emotionally affected by those peoples emotions. and i personally dislike her because she *does* feel empathy, but chooses not to show compassion sometimes, and ignores her common sense. she seems to have a lot of affective empathy for victims & victim’s families & other innocent people, but is absolutely blinded by her own anger & disgust when dealing with Unsubs or anyone else in the wrong. and i get that, i know she’s probably very upset. but that’s the profiler gig: not letting emotions take over, acting based on logic rather than emotion. not saying this all to be a nuisance, just saying it cause i think a lot of people equate low empathy with being angry or irrational or evil or violent or annoying. and that’s not really true so i’d really like that anon & many other people in the world to see that.

tbh i dont really know the specific meaning of the word, but when i say “empathy” i mean the ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and understand emotions/events/actions from their perspective. i dont think she would really recognize or value someone’s emotions unless it aligns with what her own would be in that situation. so if someone is upset, she wouldn’t really give a shit unless she would be similarly upset in similar circumstances. like.. for all intents and purposes, she’s capable of empathy, she merely lacks the capacity to bother if it’s not someone she already agrees with. and even then, most of the time when she “connects” with someone, she’s projecting her own experiences rather than comparing them

in your terms, she has affective empathy, but she casts value judgements before the empathy registers. it results in her pitying others (or, even worse, believing they deserve it) rather than actually empathizing. i dont think someone who is truly empathetic would assign moral weight before considering circumstance, which is something she does constantly. i guess… how am i trying to put it…. real empathy isnt conditional. you can feel empathy and still be critical, but you cant decide to not be empathetic bc you already decided you dont like someone or that you disagree w them. i guess its still technically empathy, but picking and choosing when to be empathetic is the part i get held up with

but yeah i totally agree ab low empathy not meaning violent or aggressive or whatever. again idk the specifics, but i think there are a lot of ways people can be low empathy. i think someone can be capable of empathy but have some other cognitive block, conscious or not, preventing them from connecting w people (like w jj). i think someone can have difficulty processing their own emotions, and by extension be incapable of understanding others’ (like w reid). i think someone can have limited capacity for emotions, rendering them unable to intuitively understand the emotions of others but still have the cognitive awareness to logically figure out what a person typically feels in that situation (like w emily). and a lot more probably lol but those are the ones i think apply to the cm chars. i dont think you need to have empathy to be a good person, and i dont think having empathy automatically makes you a good person. it’s just… a skill used to connect w people

#i think alex is low empathy too for the record #in a similar way to emily but to a lesser extent #like i think alex has more emotions than emily—i just think alex has a much much harder time reading the room and judging whats appropriate #asks #char crit #<- kinda??? not really but whatever #anyway. ive been playing a game called ‘writing this response was hard so i put it off for a month so i havent asnwered any asks fora month’#so. getting on that today lol. instead of my essay.

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psychelis-new · 7 months

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Hi hi!!

I'd like to join your dream interpretation game

So the dream I'm asking about is a weird dream I had not too Long ago where my older brother had "died" in the dream. My mother came to me and started crying just calling out my brothers name which made me assume that my brother died in the dream because when I asked my mother in the dream "Did he die?" She just kept crying and half nodded her head. Just for me to find later that he was alive and just lost his sight.

I hope that makes sense

Reason why I'm asking about this dream is because a few days before I had this dream my sister called me crying saying she had a dream I died. So I'm just wondering what this dream means and if it's connected to my sisters dream too.

Thank you so so much!

🥀🍁

Hello!

Generally, death in dreams corresponds with changes and transformations (almost as in the tarot card). The fact that you dreamt about your mother giving you that news could hint to your intuition or subconscious willing to actually give you news (or prepare you) about your brother's situation, which was about him undergoing this change (and losing sight, not a so good news anyway therefore the crying and sadness around it). If you want to, you can call it a premonitory dream. Maybe in your waking life there were already signs about it or you were kinda sensing something even unconsciously or through your mom (maybe speaking with her about him or such), Idk, before you actually got this confirming news. Or maybe nothing at all, which confirms even more the premonitory trait.

Now if we want to compare this dream with yours, your sister could still relate with your feminine side/energy (seen the phone call it could relate also with a communication coming from the 5d tbh, not just your intuition) that you may get through (or are going through) a major change in your life as well. Maybe regarding that feminine side of yours. ... Are you blocking your intuition somehow? Maybe letting some worries or overwhelming feeling taking you over and so you aren't letting yourself be guided where you need to be (or want to go). Your change/transformation btw seem to be more positive despite her crying (which is probably more related with your blockage/you being in a rut or battling with yourself), so try to keep strong and learn to deal with whatever is hindering you with more kindness.

All the best!

#.#tw death mention #dreams interpretation #12

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workingforitallthetime · 1 year

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that is so creepy and weird of that anon! not to mention disrespectful! to you and to anyone they supposedly know irl. so sorry you’re experiencing that 😞

thanks, anon. i've been thinking about this incident in the context of the end-of-the-year post i've been writing with some reflection about why hockey prospects have been such a good fandom niche for me, and in order to keep that post positive i'm gonna use this one to reflect a bit about one of the only negative or challenging aspects of focusing on that niche.

my initial reaction to that ask was that the anon was someone who's young and hasn't had an adequate opportunity to pick up on fandom norms, and that they sort of thought it would be funny or cool to share my blog in that way. in hindsight i can see that the wording could also be interpreted as intentionally threatening or malicious, but i think i want to continue to give that person the benefit of the doubt. the reason i want to do that is that so much of prospect fandom is young, and that means that doing rpf in this space means i have to navigate how to share it with people who are fans of these players in very different ways than i am.

in the tags for most of the umich and team usa boys i'm interested in, a lot of material is generated by people who view hockey players as individuals that they want to, or could, have a romantic or sexual relationship with. they're very much fans of the flesh and blood Real People, and i think maybe they don't see a line between their ideas about these people and the individuals themselves, because their ideas are about someone who they could -- if only the right meet-cute happened -- know for real.

whereas i am a fan not so much of any real human boys, but of a bunch of imaginary things my pals and i have made up using said boys' instagram posts and postgame interviews as a jumping off point. once you leave that jumping off point, none of the shit i make up is connected in any way to Real People. i absolutely do not ever want to encounter a flesh and blood hockey player anywhere other than a rink, and on the rare occasions when that's happened by accident i have tucked my head down and extricated myself from the situation as quickly as possible.

i think maybe for someone who doesn't have their own thoughts about hockey players separated in that way, it's not necessarily intuitive to recognize that there's a difference between their version of fandom and transformative fandom. that means that i get my share of tiresome anons, but it also means that those (presumably young) fans may not have ever been part of a transformative fandom and don't understand that sharing transformative material with the real people it's sourced from is hugely different than sharing other kinds of fan content with them.

i have mostly navigated the prevalence of this other type of fan with kind of a live and let live mentality. they can fan their way, i'll fan mine. i can ignore all the self-insert fic in the tag, and import content into the ecosystem on my own when their thirsty captions are not to my taste. they can ignore all my gay shit and block me if they don't want to see shipping. but this incident has made me wonder if i ought to be more deliberate about explaining and reinforcing the fourth wall. if people don't understand that fandom norm, do i have an obligation to educate? do i need to start putting those disclaimers on fic? ugh, idk.

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allisoooon · 2 years

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What's your theory for why Klaus seems to be having Reginald helping with his powers in that one promo shot? I'm thinking it might actually be a flashback/memory mix rather than 'real' however if it reeeeeally happens the reasons why are intriguing. ( I know we have literally nothing to go off, but I'm bored counting down to S3!)

God, so am I. So bored waiting. Like, it's a week until Geeked Week. We're supposed to get something then, but goddamn. And then I'm going to watch the entire season in a single day and the wait will begin again. Eh. At least there will be new material to pick apart.

I generally try not to speculate toooooo much because I don't want speculations to turn into expectations on my part. But you make such a compelling point about boredom, I'm gonna see what I can do.

The way I see it, there are four ways this could go: 1) memory/flashback where Klaus is experiencing it so vividly that it's his adult actor portraying him, 2) a dream sequence, 3) he has somehow connected with the ghost of Umbrella!Reg, who exists somehow because idk God wanted it to happen, the little bitch, and 4) Sparrow!Reg and Klaus doing this in the present day.

Theory 1 could be supported by the fact that this probably resembles the kind of training Klaus would have had as a child. In fact, it highly resembles a scene in You Look Like Death, wherein Klaus is told that he is not allowed home until he speaks with every dead person in the graveyard (also, Reg killed his pet cat to give him incentive to summon it to say goodbye--comics!Reg is fucked up). The downside to this idea is that whatever block Reg is training him through wouldn't get resolved in a flashback. It could be a combination of this with option 2, perhaps, or him looking at an old memory in a new way that makes something click for him. I don't know if Baby Klaus would have a lighter, but he is rolling a joint at age 13 in a flashback, so.

Theory 2 could explain some of the horror tropes--the implication that Klaus is dead (with the tire marks on his clothes), the lighter, stuff like that. It could also further his abilities by having him dig deep into both memories and intuition.

Theory 3 would be very compelling, with an odd idea of Reg trying to clean up his own mess by training his son, but the paradox would make it probably the hardest to explain. It would be very strange for Reg's ghost to exist in a universe where he never died, even if Klaus really does die and God somehow makes it happen.

Theory 4 would also be pretty hard to explain, unless Reg had a very compelling reason to give Klaus a chance. I suspect the only Umbrella he has more disdain for is Diego, and that only by dint of Diego fucking up his relationship with Grace. I'm also not 100% convinced Klaus would seek Reg's training unless there was truly no other option. It would still make more sense than theory 3, and it would also make for a funny initial scene. "Things you've already tried include locking me in a crypt, blah blah blah." The casual horror of Klaus' life. At any rate, if Klaus' powers were somehow found to be pivotal to saving the world, I can see this scenario happening.

Anyone else have further thoughts/theories?

#tua s3 spoilers #the umbrella academy #tua s3 speculation #klaus hargreeves #reginald hargreeves #ask answered #tua meta

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literaphobe · 2 years

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tbh that’s something I like about gridrunners, that it’s more of a puzzle game than anything else—the ability of the game to be tweaked slightly but still stay similar (ie eat the cakes having parkour be a little different or the path on the invisible blocks room be changed) is a strength imo! if someone watches a gridrunners VOD, they’ll see games that they’ll encounter so they have an idea of what to expect, and I’d argue that it does take team comms even if it’s subtle or mindless (like for the food one it’s someone saying ‘I got the milk’ or smth basic)

I will say the one GR game I can’t stand after watching multiple povs is the search the house, it’s a bit too luck based, and even as a viewer I struggle to find things. I haven’t checked abt the lack of top GR players but if that’s true I’d like to think that means it really is a balanced game then, it’s not builder heavy and it’s not pvper heavy either

I think smth that might be fun is to softlaunch some of the rooms for mcc in the public GR release on bedrock (or mcci 👀), that way people would be able to play along and they’d get feedback from both mcc participants and whoever wants to play from the public, so new players could get a feel if they want to try it out! idk I think GR is a great game and as long as we don’t get the mess that was mcc18/19 with the weirdly high difficulty, it’ll stay a pretty decent game, even if it does have its issues here n there

valid! idk if some of the rooms in grid runners can really be considered puzzles though, because puzzles are something that requires some form of problem solving or testing of knowledge. u don’t need to be a minecraft legend to kill some chickens or dig some dirt up, and for some of the rooms the more they get replayed the less of a puzzle they are, and there are instances where rooms are so hard they take much too long to complete, resulting in disasters. its why i suggested having fewer rooms that are less intuitive to experienced players/vod reviewers. when i say ‘grid runners sucks’ i don’t mean the actual concept behind the game is bad, and i found it refreshing when it first came out. now, it’s… it is what it is

#ask

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ghostgetsablog · 2 years

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Since I blocked them, I feel comfortable doing what they said and making my own post about it:

You can't assume everyone is coming from the same assumptions you are.

You can't assume your assumptions are the correct ones.

We're all limited by our knowledge base.

Rather than put the onus of action onto a person who doesn't know you to intuit what you want from them, be clear and upfront in your expectations.

When you're in an environment where people are consistently acting in ways that don't match how you want them to, the correct response is rarely telling people to just "pay more attention" and "intuit better".

The base functionality of Tumblr is the ability to write posts, share them, get responses. It's community building!

So if you don't want someone to respond to you, the polite thing to do is explicitly state "don't reblog" or "no responses please" or something.

Make that boundary clear.

Stop expecting the people around you to know your mental state, to ~just know~ what you want from them.

Tell them.

Ask them.

If someone oversteps after being told not to, then they are a jerk.

But if they overstep a boundary they had no reasonable way of knowing you had?

That's not on them. They may have done you a harm, but it was an unintentional and (for them) unavoidable thing.

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It's true not every single thing on the internet needs every single person's input.

But the whole gist of social media is that it is social.

If someone responds to something you posted, and you wish they hadn't:

A) why did you post it to a public place?

B) you don't have to respond to them, either.

If you literally only want folk to read things, not interact with them at all, get a standard blog.

But let me tell you, people care a hell of a lot less about things they can't interact with.

You don't want folk interacting with a diary entry? Make it private. Write it in a diary. Specifically say on it that it is not for interaction.

Ask yourself why it's important to you to post things up on the bulletin board but never be challenged about them. Do you need the illusion of someone caring about what you say, without any of the fear that they might tell you you're wrong? Do you want to impose your thoughts on others?

If you don't want input, put your outputs where others can't see them.

Because even if you post it to a random ass GeoCities, if someone can see it, they can interact with it.

Think of all the screenshots of tweets that make their way here to get discussed.

All you're doing is making people paranoid that they are going to get called out and labeled an asshole for just... Using the site as designed?

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I don't know exactly why this got me so riled.

I think because it's a combination of two big issues for me.

1. I am vehemently against people expecting me to intuit their needs.

My family of origin and general upbringing did this to me so much it is a major part of the extreme trauma disorder I have, yay! [sarcasm]

Not everyone intuits things the same way, and expecting them to "just get" the underlying subtext when you say something is ableist as fuck, too by the way.

2. I am vehemently against the current cultural shift that all thoughts/experiences need to be exposed to public scrutiny.

If you make things available to the public, the public is going to see it. Simple as.

If you make it available to the public on an interactive platform, people are going to expect to be able to interact with it.

If something is so private that you want no interaction, consider if it even needs to be posted to a public space. If you only want friends interacting, consider sending it to them directly, or making it clear on the post who you expect to interact with it.

You are not so important that everyone needs to know your thoughts, yet cannot have thoughts about it themself.

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This got really long. Idk exactly what takeaway point I'd hope you get from this if you're reading, but I guess something like

#long post #rant #found in the drafts

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twocubes · 2 years

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Not a tarot guy but I recently moved to a new city with my partner. Interviewing for a tech job and I've done well so far but the entire industry feels like they're pulling up the ladder. Unsure of my ability to make enough money to live comfortably, also I don't know anyone here. Any advice?

uuuuuuh new environment, have to make a decision, let's use the OODA(F) loop spread

note here how 3 + 5 = 8. so we should probably think of the 8 card's meaning as a consequence of that of the 3 and the 5. also almost everything is reversed, so... turmoil i guess?

Observe: THREE OF SPADES, reversed THREE is basic building blocks, SPADES is contradiction/conflict

Orient: YOUTH YOUTH is searching for and/or finding your place in the world

Decide: OLD AGE, reversed OLD AGE is delegating, giving up

Act: EIGHT OF DIAMONDS, reversed EIGHT is networks, indirect effects, DIAMONDS is what you find precious, what makes you happy, relationships of the sort that are what makes life worth living

Feedback: FIVE OF DIAMONDS, reversed FIVE is that which is mysterious but familiar. intuition, insight, etc; the sort of stuff you use commonly but don't really understand

I read these cards thus:

You should pay close attention to basic contradictions in your surroundings. Contradictions here means like, situations where multiple people, or multiple motives of people, need to use the same thing but for different purposes, resulting in conflict. You're in a new place and thriving here will require you to be mindful of those and know how to navigate them.

Using these observations you should try to work out what place you might fit in. I mean you already know that you're trying to do that so... yeah.

As far as immediate choices you might have, the cards advise persistence, not giving up. For now, continue to pursue what you're pursuing, even if you have some setbacks. I expect it will be easier to make a more informed decision later, when you know more.

In fact, that should be your goal, for now; you do not have much intuition for how to live comfortably here, so you should look to ways to develop this intuition while working the above out.

For this goal, then, it might be good for you to try and make new friends around here; find other people who might eventually help you figure all this stuff out. So, yeah, see if you have friends who have friends from around there who you might get along with; look around for places where like-minded groups might hang out, talk to your colleagues or whatever.

idk i just make friends by asking if people are nearby on this blog, personally.

anyways. that's my reading.

#nouveau tarot nouveau

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sixthwater · 2 months

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Unfortunately for you guys I’m so in love with myself I’m just answering these:

🌙 astrology sign? Cancer

💎 favorite crystal? None in particular, I’m drawn to certain ones during different cycles. Currently wearing a Tiger’s Eye + Garnet bracelet though.

🔮 favorite form of divination? Astrology overall always (esp if predictive), Tarot & Oracle if we’re uncovering stuff within the mind

🧘🏿‍♀️ do you look up to a guru/psychic/spiritual leader? Not necessarily

🧚🏻‍♀️ have you had any paranormal experiences? Yes, not as many as a friend but I usually meet ‘clumsy ghosts’. They mean no harm but they come off ass aggressive bc of how they suddenly appear. Usually moving my stuff around or staring at me lmao I see you dudes

🌞 are you working with a deity? Eeehhh maybe? Idk I’ve been thinking of my ancestry so we’ll see, it might be my ancestors and not deities

📿 describe your altar N/A

🕯️do you have a favorite spell/ritual? Nope, might be coming up with one

🧿 what persuaded you to start practicing? Started with astrology, I already spoke of that, and I wanted to expand on my knowledge.

🧝🏻‍♀️ what kind of witch are you? Hopefully a good one :(((((((

🌟 are you currently manifesting anything? Nah

🔢 do you see angel numbers? Yes and I don’t want to (444/4444, 111, 2222)

👽 do you channel spirits/interdimensional beings? BEINGS? SPIRITS???? Honey they turn me right tf around who is out here playing with that shit

🌀 have you had spiritual experiences under the influence?

🙏🏼 what puts you in a spiritual mood? I slip into it? I don’t have much control and that’s something I’m working on changing

👁️ what are your psychic/intuitive abilities? Clairsentience and it’s insufferable <3333 also a mini baby psychic I’m trying to trust the nudges more

📌 have you ever hexed anyone? No, blocking exists

🎶 do you chant or listen to meditation music? Most of the time when I need to channel or focus I put on meditation music but that’s about it

🌎 what’s most profound experience spiritually? Uh not profound but scary; when ‘downloads’ started to happen when I was a very factual person and I liked to provide evidence, but I had none lmao (I still do but I’m less stressed about it), and regardless ended up being right. Most times I hated it especially if it was negative

🌑 have you experienced a “dark night of the soul” for witchcraft? How did you get back into it? Idfk dude LMAO

🐺 do most people know about your craft, or do you keep it a secret? I don’t hide it but I don’t bring it up unless it’s relevant?

🌐 are you into spiritual conspiracies? Most of them are now mixed in with racist or anti-Semitic ideology so not really :)

🐉 what are your thoughts on cryptids/magical creatures? I LOVE MY CRYPTIDS.

🕊️ are you a religious witch? No

🗝️ have you ever manipulated a situation to your favor using witchcraft? No and Saturn would make me pay thrice as much

🪦 do you contact your ancestors? I am thinking about it

🫧 what’s your favorite method of cleansing? Usually the moonlight for everything and saltwater for new crystals

#thanks for coming to my ted talk

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rin-and-jade · 3 months

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I sent this to my therapist in the middle of December and she's never replied to me. Idk if it's acceptable to reach back out?? I want to go through the process, no matter what the answer is. But my intuition always tells me I'm right with my inkling of being polyfragmented. Was my message too forward or worded improperly???

"Hi *therapist's name*,

Since leaving therapy I've done as much research as I have been able, I've joined a discord to genuinely talk to others, and I've asked questions on Tumblr from people who are either therapists with DID or have researched it for years and spend their days helping others. It has all been very validating and eye opening; I'm learning I deeply relate to other polyfragmented systems and a lot of them have related to me.

I did do a lot of research about continuous amnesia and have asked others who have researched longer than I have about it, but it's not seeming to match up very clearly. My memory seems to be more intact than that, but it is spotty, fuzzy, and not always reliable. Sometimes I can remember more clearly than other times, it just all depends.

Anyway, I am reaching out to ask if it would be possible to go through the DID diagnostic process or even the BPD with them being commonly co-morbid. Answers are not coming from within and I'm noticing it's now creating a block in life with a lot of things and I feel like having answers would be beneficial."

Thankyou for coming here and entrusting your real message that was sent to your therapist to me! Im sorry that it hasn't been replied yet and its already nearing to a month with no responses.

I have carefully read and concluded that this message had been very detailed and there is no such thing as being 'too forward' (i personally dislike people giving vague stuffs when i need to figure out their situation/problem, so yeah). You had pointed out where you learned from, added your own pov and stated clear intention that you want to be guided through the process which is already great!

Yes, you should try to reach out again since your words hinted me that its bothering your days and hoped that you can get more insights from a professional. While i worry that you have to wait longer to get a word from your therapist, how does the idea of you, being with me for a bit to gain insight from, sounds? If you are willing to accept the offer, you can instantly contact me via DMs. Though if not, i am fine with that,, and you can always update your situation from the ask box again.

I hope this had helped!

- j

#did #actually did #did community #sysblr #janswersask

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idontevenknowatthospoint · 10 months

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so i’m about to go on a huge ramble about what i’ve learned about tumblr in the 3-4 years i’ve been on it

so i’m a fairly new tumblr user (joined in 2019) and from what i can tell it’s a very “tough love” kinda site which i’m learning more and more from the mass migrations in which i mean that it’s completely up to the user to curate their experiences on the site if you don’t like a particular topic it’s up to you to block

speaking of learning from the migrations i have learned most tumblr etiquette from people explaining to the refugees the “do’s” and “don’t’s” of the website

i mean i join in my freshman year of high school (14/15 years old for non americans) i just started watching supernatural and joining fandom spaces for the first time and i joined ao3 around the same time and had no idea how to use or navigate either of these sites but they are fairly intuitive and i figured out the mechanics pretty quickly. the only thing that i wasn’t really sure if was the etiquette because i wasn’t talked about much until the huge influx of new people coming from sites with largely different rules and manners and i’ve been trying to take metaphorical notes

from what i’ve gathered there’s just a fundamental difference in how the people coming from say tiktok are expecting tumblr to work and how tumblr users actually function on the website because they are so different. while yes tumblr gives the option of a “for you” page no one uses it so it is up to the individual blogger to choose what blogs do and don’t show up on their dashboard which is why properly tagged posts are so important here but on a site like tiktok which completely relies on an algorithm and you really don’t know what it’ll give you i can also understand the need to censor tags in case someone who make be shown a video who did not want to see a video with that content happens upon it

i don’t even really have a point to this post and i do t even know if it’s comprehensible i’m really just making observations as i come up with them as i’m lying in bed at midnight

like i said i’ve been on tumblr on and off for around 3.5 years so i really am still a baby on this site and i’ve tried to ask questions about the etiquette on this site (before bloggers were making psas for twitter and reddit refugees) and didn’t really get any anything but i’m finally getting answers to the questions i’ve had (like when to respond to a post in the text of a reblog or the tags or the comments)

idk just thinking about these things makes me introspective about my experience on tumblr because i started as a little teenager just barely entering tumblr and general fandom spaces not really knowing anything about how it all worked and now i’m a newly minted adult in more fandoms than i can count of my hands (i know not very impressive for those who have been on this site since it’s prime) finally actually kindof knowing how to use it and it just makes me smile

sorry for the long rambly post but if any of y’all actually make it this far thanks for hangin out and reblog with a smiley face

#tumblr #twitter refugees #reddit refugees #tag censoring #tiktok #tiktok refugees??#baby tumblr user #tumblr ettiquette #observations #introspection #:)

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idkimnotreal · 1 year

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adhd and i couldn’t wait... figured it would keep me too much distracted/anxious and it’s better that i learn to deal with my emotions anyway.

yeah, he didn’t unblock me. i thought that would happen. i mean, i knew. it’s like an intuition thing, but funnily enough, i don’t have the intuition to know what exactly i’m doing wrong. maybe it’s nothing and that’s just the way it is.

i said i’d distance myself from it and i have to mean that. it’s painful but he has nothing to do with it.

what if i sleep for 3 days? until therapy day. there’s elections in the middle so i’ll wake up for that and then return to sleep until tuesday.

there’s nothing i can do. nothing. literally nothing. he chose to keep me blocked, or he didn’t even bother to read, and there’s nothing i can do.

but i mean, i’m sure he didn’t read my text. how could he refuse if he read it? only if he really dislikes me now.

but it doesn’t matter. that’s his choice. i can’t try to figure out why because i can’t fix it. my autistic brain tells me to fix a problem but there’s nothing to fix. it’s a person and a choice. idk

this is why i do porn. it’s the ONLY thing that keeps the thoughts away, sometimes. i think stimulants aren’t for me.

i could always tell myself he’s just waiting to see if i keep my word. i could check again on tuesday. maybe he cares more than i think. maybe he won’t forget about it. i can’t tell, i just can’t. maybe my therapist will help me with that.

why is it important to me? well, i sort of fell for him. maybe not exactly, but something similar to that. he’s important to me. he doesn’t believe that now because i lashed out at him so much.

maybe it’s because i write so much and it feels fake when someone talks too much. but i’m just autistic, we overexplain. i felt that i had to really write something because it’s incomplete if i don’t talk. but if i can’t talk too much, i either need to sound genuine (possible?) or just wait or never do it.

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