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For the purposes of this poll, "sitting still" means sitting without shaking your legs, fidgeting, rocking/bouncing in your seat, tapping your fingers, etc. Literally sitting absolutely still aside from purely utilitarian movements such as leaning forward to look closer, turning to get a pen out of a drawer, etc.

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i really love that getting drunk gives you approval points from your companions. like yes girl go throw up on the carpet!

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> me, just vibing, listening to a youtuber talk about class of 09

> him: … but empathy isn’t that important

> me: HOLY SHIT

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Hopelessly Devoted to You ⚔️♥️

UGSHDHH i can finally draw again I ABSOLUTELY LOVE SILRID 🤝🤝❗️❗️take this doodle while i work on an upcoming animatic, i hope to draw much more now that i’m back home

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Funniest (fantasy) way to find out you're trans I think. Assigned male by ancient prophecy

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Already talked about this in another post but I need people to hear me.

Have you ever thought that Kanade and Mafuyu suffer from being The Best Artforms.

Kanade's talent ruined her life. It destroyed her parents, her childhood, her everything, until she could only hold onto composing because it was the only thing left.

Mafuyu suffers from being perfect because that means she has to discard all the other things that don't fit into the picture. She's a perfect sculpture for her mother to build.

Meanwhile Ena and Mizuki suffer from being imperfect. Like artworks that were never fully finished.

Mizuki rots in a body that shouldn't be theirs.

Ena's art isn't enough and will never be enough for her validation to submit.

One half of Nightcord suffers from perfection and the other from imperfection.

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do you have old email accounts and/or other ancient online places you can’t access, either because they don’t exist anymore or you don’t remember the password, and it drives you crazy because you know it would contain very useful information/memories/writings? And it’s like that part of history is gone forever?

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sometimes a piece of media just! grabs you by the thoat and says, "hey buddy! I'm gonna irrevocably alter your brain chemistry now! have fun with that!!"

and then you just ! gotta deal with that ! you guess !!

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characterhub my beloved

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Another bit of personal experience with NPD: de-intensifying thoughts.

You're probably going to have more luck with this in professional psychiatric setting because this entire process works better in guided and controlled environment, but it isn't necessary. Personally, I have a good amount of self-control and that helps. It might not work for you, just keep in mind there are other methods out there.

The idea is in diminishing intensity of emotions, thoughts, and conclusions once you notice that you're hit by a strong feeling or conviction:

"Everyone loves me" -> "There are people who love me and there are people who don't love me. There's also a great chunk of people who don't know me and it's illogical to expect them to like me without meeting/knowing me."

"Everyone hates me" -> "There are people who dislike me, but there are also people who cherish and love me. I am not worthless just because someone dislikes me."

"I failed at XYZ, which means I can't ever do anything right" -> "Failure is part of the process. The greatest minds of our generation had mistakes, bad days, poorly accepted art, etc. I am not talentless just because of one mistake."

"I haven't gotten supply in a while, I have to leave" -> "They might not know that I need attention as I didn't make it explicit. I can initiate spending time together or directly tell them I need to hear XYZ. I am not being fair."

"X disagrees with me, meaning their opinion is worthless" -> "They might disagree with me, but it doesn't mean they have no worth. If anything, someone willing to healthily debate with me is a person worthy of respect".

"Only MY opinion matters" -> "Actually, it will be really embarrassing if I end up being wrong. Very few opinions are worth dying on that hill. Keeping middle ground and establishing reasons why I lean towards X and not Y might be the best option".

"I have shown vulnerability, which means they see me as weak" -> "Most people do not consider vulnerabilty a weakness. In fact, me showing my true emotions most likely made them proud of me. I do not have to continue opening up if I'm uncomfortable, but it isn't a mistake that I did".

And so on. The hardest part is going to be to catch the emotion when it comes over. I don't have advice on how to become more mindful aside from actively paying attention to how you feel over the course of the day/week/month, etc. Maybe journal or create mind maps for your feelings. Whatever works for you, really.

This is loosely based around the general logic behind transference focused psychotherapy, which is something that can be used for treating NPD, as I recently learned. I am not a psychiatrist and my therapy is self-applied. With that being said, do your homework and don't trust me blindly.

P.S. Yet again, this is not universal advice so use your brain.

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finally at act 2 ghskf this game will drive me insane

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i glance at my tumblr mutual reblogging from me again.. blushes and looks away..... my trasured mutual, you mysterious and charming being.....what are we? i hope... maybe someday, we could be something more... something like..discord friends

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sorry for picking up your online speech patterns. I liked them.

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please, op was my father. you can call me prev

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kanade’s savior complex is detrimental to her and the people around her. that’s the point! her desire to “save” mafuyu is disordered, in part because kanade herself doesn’t know what saving entails. it’s not about finding mafuyu’s true feelings, because she views those two as separate, and it’s not about taking her away from negative influences (her family), because she still wants to save her even after that’s done. it’s entirely about making kanade feel whole, not what mafuyu actually needs.

kanade’s compassion for and protection of mafuyu is not related to her wish to save her. these are genuine ways of expressing love that would only become stronger if kanade were to overcome her complex. kanade’s wish to save mafuyu isn’t what makes her a good person, it’s what holds her back from being better.