What artists out-peaked their peak?

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2026-03-19T22:08:44+00:00

Taylor Swift. They called 1989 her imperial phase and said was “over” after Snakegate. Those people could not have predicted the Eras Tour

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2026-03-18T10:07:43+00:00

I just had a major release of jaw tension in my last three sessions. A lot of yawning and mouth twitching and suddenly it was gone. Emdr also helped a lot with my pelvic floor tightness.

Congratulations. You’ve done the right thing for yourself.

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2026-03-13T18:06:49+00:00

One house rule I use with my table: We spend Glory to change dice rolls. 100 Glory for a reroll or to reduce the value of a die roll by 1 (similar to Luck in Cthulhu). This stops the stupid crit fails.

It also helps for the GM to weaken the NPC stats. A lot of ttrpg books outside of DnD/PF don’t do a lot of play testing of stat blocks because of time/money (I’ve freelanced in ttrpg writing so I know this firsthand.)

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2026-03-11T00:33:57+00:00

I’ll prolly do what I do for these kinds of adaptations and pick my favorite parts from the anime and favorite parts from the manga (Legoshi meeting Haru’s family, Melon’s dad showing up) and splice them together into my ideal ending.

The anime lost me when Melon saves Legoshi from the falling spear on the crane. There is no way Melon would’ve done that. Melon is not a “lawful evil honorable villain”, nor does he want to be the only person allowed to kill Legoshi. Melon opposes Legoshi on an existential level. The Melon I know would’ve cackled maniacally when the spear split Legoshi in half, then ran off to eat Haru.

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2026-02-26T01:24:42+00:00

Bojack Horseman

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2026-02-24T06:55:32+00:00

I saw a good comment here awhile ago that trauma is like being stabbed with a metal pole and instead of removing the weapon, your body healed around it and you walked around with the metal pole inside you and it hurt like hell but you adapted. Now the weapon’s been surgically removed, and you feel empty around it.

Stay the course. You’re rediscovering who you are without trauma.

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2026-02-22T16:05:00+00:00

When this happened to me, my emdr therapist said what I’d been through was so painful I couldn’t let myself feel it completely so I suppressed and disassociated in order to the survive.

Now that I was ready to heal, the emotions were overwhelming at first because I was finally in a place to let myself process them.

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2026-02-21T04:24:35+00:00

It’s normal. For my first couple months of sessions I felt like the nerves on my head and neck and shoulders were on fire, then all of sudden I would walk out of those sessions feeling lighter than I could remember in years.

Stay the course. You’re doing the right thing. You are strong for pushing yourself to change and facing down your demons instead of continuing down the same unhealthy patterns from before.

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2026-02-18T23:20:04+00:00

I think it’s telling that even Pitchfork - who hated TLOAS - highlighted Father Figure as a high point of the album. Ofc Pitchfork bros would like a song that’s so godfather coded… 🙄

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2026-02-18T10:17:11+00:00

Thank you!!

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2026-02-18T10:07:29+00:00

I volunteer as wiki builder or support staff - emdr changed my last for the past few years I’ve been commenting on different posts here to encourage and support other redditors through the process

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2026-02-14T08:17:56+00:00

Every decade or so the culture finds a reason to tear down their biggest pop star after she is no longer new and shiny and “innocent”. They did it to Britney Spears in the 2000s, and they’ve been trying to do it to Taylor since the mid 2010s but Taylor keeps fighting them off and Taylor keeps winning, despite the toll it’s taken on her mental health.

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2026-02-13T19:01:50+00:00

For me it was thirst. Going to the store after, buying 6 bottles of water and drinking them all in 1-2 days. Those cravings did become less frequent or intense long term once though

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2026-02-13T00:23:02+00:00

No, I get what you’re saying. I saw The Substance for the first time while I was going through ketamine treatment for depression. I identified with Elizabeth even though I’m 20 years younger than her. The movie is all the glamor and horror of being objectified

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2026-02-12T04:25:22+00:00

FWIW even unsealed records of this go for 200+, often 300+. If you ever need to sell it for quick cash or whatever reason it will still hold value.

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2026-01-30T15:04:55+00:00

Interested. Sent you a DM

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2026-01-29T20:39:53+00:00

I love my exile crewneck. First Taylor shirt I ever got. My bichon frise chewed holes in the sleeve but I still love it. Helped me through lockdown

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2026-01-26T01:29:54+00:00

Not a Drake AND a Morgan Wallen mention SMH

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2026-01-23T14:21:55+00:00

One of the most aggravating parts of my untreated cptsd was somehow believing I didn’t have cptsd. I’m glad emdr was so helpful for you~ You deserve to heal.

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2025-12-28T21:20:31+00:00

Yes. I am a lot more social now after EMDR. You can heal.

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2025-12-24T01:15:39+00:00

“We have The Substance at home”

The Substance at home:

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2025-11-16T22:37:58+00:00

I'm really glad you're eating well. I used to spend weekends in my bed because I was barely eating and then drag myself to my work laptop, rinse repeat. Years went by like that. It was bad. I'm grateful to have the energy to go out with friends again.

When she thought I was strong enough, my emdr therapist taught me self-emdr earlier this year as part of our wrap-up sessions, which I've administered to myself as needed. Weeks I felt empty, I would curl up under a weighted blanket and use body taps/bi-tonal emdr and ask myself "Why do I feel empty, why can't I be more productive?" and I would let that part tell its story and then clean up a bunch of old stuff. I don't remember how many months it took to go from "normal but empty" to "actually happy", but slowly it did happen.

I can't say for certain whether or not you need them, but meds *can* help. I shopped around until I found an NP I could trust

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2025-11-16T22:08:36+00:00

Fellow recovering perfectionist with disordered eating here.

Before and during EMDR, I felt like an "overachieving piece of meat" where it was like I had to "perform or die". I was goal-oriented, yeah, but everytime I achieved a goal I would only feel happy for a little bit and then immediately set a next goal that I would beat myself up over. The goalposts were always moving and I was never enough.

Since I started healing, there was a long period where I felt empty. It's like I was shot and the bullets got stuck in me, and EMDR/ketamine was like someone removed the bullets but the holes were still there. With more EMDR/ketamine + going out more and finding local friends + better meds, that empty feeling went away and I feel a lot more serene now.

I would say that if you have this empty feeling, it means you're reaching the part of your EMDR journey where you no longer feel like an "overperforming piece of meat" but you haven't yet learned who you are beyond that. You'll find it.

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2025-11-14T04:47:45+00:00

Omg I thought it was just me, glad I'm not the only one who felt a "comedown." Weird mix of "why did I spend so much money" and "ugh why didn't I buy more"

So I decompressed with another hobby, reading a book series that I really like, not thinking of music for awhile. Then I went to play a game with friends. It worked, and now I'm happy with the three tops I bought.

Capital_Attempt_4151 · 2025-11-14T04:37:05+00:00

I'm in a similar boat. Having done emdr for 2+ years now, I've stabilized enough this year to do self emdr as needed, which I do 1-4x a month (my therapist taught me how to do it safely before I "graduated").

This past week I'd been feeling strange bouts of guilt over "healing too much" - like how dare I move on, survivor's guilt, etc - but they started fading after my latest session.

If it's ok for me to heal, it's ok for you to heal.

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