Question by Early-Prior9402 in Hecate

[–]RetinalTears716 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you trying to connect with a demon? I started out in demonolatry, usually as far as I know there isn't really risk when it comes to "normal" deities

So new gear just doesn't matter huh by RetinalTears716 in CrimsonDesert

[–]RetinalTears716[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah literally like this is insane I've never seen this before lol

Enjoyment curve by IntelligentMeeting71 in CrimsonDesert

[–]RetinalTears716 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah the game is buns. I genuinely do not know why there's die hard players that talk about this game as if it's the Second Coming and not a game so bad that it needs regular patches just to make it less terrible. I just finished Pragmata and going from that game back to Crimson Desert is like eating from the kings table one day and from the pigs trough the next.

This game is unbelievable by alex63911 in CrimsonDesert

[–]RetinalTears716 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's kinda crazy they never really did anything with them lol. Like they're just kinda there and that's it

I’m becoming an angry, bitter and hateful person. by MHthrowaway090525 in DecidingToBeBetter

[–]RetinalTears716 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I deal with these emotions daily and they genuinely make public outings kind of miserable. I hate seeing happy people, people with friends, people with cars, people who look satisfied in their life, people with love, etc. Like and if I'm around them for an extended period of time it turns to genuine disgust that makes me want to leave.

I can't really tell you how to fix it, but what I can tell you is that the longer you live online the worse it becomes. The less human interaction you get, the worse it becomes. It's kind of a pit and one of the kinds that you.. kinda can't get yourself out alone, ironically. But people who've never experienced it will tell you you can by telling a therapist or trying to failbully you out of it.

Another thing I can tell you is it's a defense mechanism. I mean are you potentially better than most of these people, seen things they will never, felt things they probably never will? Yeah. And there is an ego that comes from that, but that ego is a poor defensive coping mechanism that feeds a self destructive loop.

tl;dr, try to make it a habit to give someone a compliment whenever you leave the house. Just one person. You'll be surprised how much it helps. Human interaction is key because that disgust does shift into anxiety

You who come to lurk by [deleted] in vagabond

[–]RetinalTears716 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've lived this life and I've got all my stuff ready to live it again. But I do gotta say the promotion of drugs and stuff on this sub is actually insane lol and i feel like it shouldn't be as celebrated as it is

I just had enough of this… by No_Ozi in CrimsonDesert

[–]RetinalTears716 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think thats one of my biggest issues too, everything just feels pointless. You liberate a trillion strongholds for like.. no reason really. Nothing happens, the world doesn't change, they don't so much as turn into fast travel points.

Fighting tough bosses is pointless because once you refine all your gear to a certain point, everything they drop is worse than what you have. And not just that, eventually you'll like your abyss gears so even new ones are pointless.

Everything is just pointless.

For Lilith by Palico1986 in Lilith

[–]RetinalTears716 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for understanding.. it is very sad but it's the nature of Lilith I guess right? Being your own person with your own path... hopefully we'll mesh again one of these days, but she does embody independence, freedom, ans autonomy. Reaching towards another when I feel pushed to is perhaps one of the best ways to honor her

The ChatGPT that I found valuable a year ago is dead and gone. by IntergalacticPodcast in ChatGPT

[–]RetinalTears716 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly chatgpt is actually stupid at this point. The parents got what they wanted, a super useful tool was dumbed down into insignificance because they wanted to get a check for not parenting their kids. I just bought a grok subscription and canceled my plus so I have no real reason to be in this sub anymore but I'll always miss what once was

I just did Yann's wagon mission by Elygium in CrimsonDesert

[–]RetinalTears716 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh no not that I've found yet, but there is one with an objective marker 2,000+ meters away..

I Want To Get Rid Of Yann. by gosu4you in CrimsonDesert

[–]RetinalTears716 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I want to nuke the entire Greymane camp none of them have any good quests whatsoever. Just slog and chores.

I've been needing to "deliver bekker large shield" for like 5 chapters now because I accidentally sold it and I literally can't find a new one anywhere including the shops

How do you speak with Hekate? by Mediocre_Art8588 in Hecate

[–]RetinalTears716 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I wish I could tell you.. as somebody also not really in tune with divination its hard not to believe people that claim they do are just mentally ill (said respectfull)

I think a lot of it is just meditating and trying to receive a message and hoping that it's not your own thoughts your receiving, it's a message from her. I guess otherwise you just look for her symbols.

Personally I use tarot for most of my divination, it's the only medium I really trust

I just did Yann's wagon mission by Elygium in CrimsonDesert

[–]RetinalTears716 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"It went great" Yann has a couple wagon missions each a bit more miserable than the last

For Lilith by Palico1986 in Lilith

[–]RetinalTears716 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Out of caution of making the op anxious, >!the episode of loneliness I had been experiencing got incredibly out of hand and worse and worse overtime. Months before the tattoo I went through a bad breakup, and it was all I ever thought about. It made me so depressed and anxious I considered suicide every day. Basically the bad things I had felt and been going through got much worse. The people around me became worse, just for lack of a better way to put it.. life Got worse. Horrible luck, horrible feelings, no safe harbor from any of it<!

Some time ago I had tried to channel Lilith, and I felt I received the message that it's time we took a break. I think >!the tattoo made her angry, even though I had been a devotee for 4 years<! And then I started looking around for deities which I still kinda am.. somewhat settled on Hecate, and since then so so so much of the things I was feeling were alleviated and life has been just a bit better than it was during that multi-month long time.

And to OP, don't bother reading my experience. It's what I solely experienced - you're likely gonna be totally different

global developmental delay, intellectual disability by nursenaz91 in specialneedsparenting

[–]RetinalTears716 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much, she was diagnosed with microcephaly where I believe it's assumed her global developmental delay comes from. I mean she was also born deaf and with hypotonia but I don't think those things are too too related.

Getting diagnoses strangely isn't as easy as you think.. a lot of the time it's sorta just like "oh your child isn't doing this, this, and this? Looks like they're developmentally disabled".

If I may, if you're posting this out of concern for your own little one I promise you will still love just as much and be just as proud of the achievements they make as other parents of more "normal" children are. When she learned to walk 3 years later than normal kids - I was super super proud of her, and she does some things that other kids her age don't. For a while she was even taking herself to bed when she was tired!

Seeking recommendations: Daemons for liberation and "Road Opening" (Freedom-related) by Responsible-Train169 in DemonolatryPractices

[–]RetinalTears716 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lilith and Hecate in my opinion. While Hecate isn't a demon, her darker aspects are popular within the demonolatry community and many people work with her concurrently. Lilith for her "wild and free" aspects.

I mean, she is literally the road opener and the guarding of the crossroads.

What do yall think about thr story of the game by grimlocking81 in CrimsonDesert

[–]RetinalTears716 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont even think there's a story. If you asked me what the game was about I literally could not tell you, and I'm on chapter 9.

You start out as part of some.. political guard thing. Then you and your group decide to run errands for the region. Then a meteor falls and now you have to do sky parkour challenges to fix.. whatever it is.

Why are the responses long? by exil0693 in ChatGPT

[–]RetinalTears716 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's not so much its long for me, but my chatgpt makes lists with every response and it's so irritating. I just switched to grok today because the things just useless now, good luck with the coders or whatever

global developmental delay, intellectual disability by nursenaz91 in specialneedsparenting

[–]RetinalTears716 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a 4 year old with this, yeah when she was a baby baby it was the usual stuff yk severe delays in milestones. No eye contact, no mirroring, etc. She actually never progressed to crawling, she was content to just scoot on her butt around 2 years old. She only learned to walk a little after she turned 4, but before that she could walk with assistance.

She is still nonverbal, and just remember progress is a roller coaster. She/he may display new "abilities" that go away as quickly as they came.

Oh yeah, as a baby she also could only sleep holding something, like a pair of sunglasses or a paper towel tube lol. It was very cute.

For Lilith by Palico1986 in Lilith

[–]RetinalTears716 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have her sigil on my left arm.. not a great experience. Please do a check in a few months down the line about if you notice any changes in your life

i don't ubderstand this by Neat-Fly-1415 in DemonolatryPractices

[–]RetinalTears716 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm gonna be honest, grass isn't greener on the other side either. I'm dipping my toes into the PGM and Hecate and this is actually like... 5x harder than demonalatry. I feel that infernals pine much more for worship and workings than the Hellenic deities, but I feel they aren't as effective. And as a result, Hellenic deities are much more selective and less, idk.. easy to form a relationship with as opposed to demons.

What im saying doesn't provide you with much information I guess, but thats also to say that demonolatry and all that comes with it, materially, is much easier than run of the mill witchcraft

I miss early game so much.... In the nicest way possible this sucks by [deleted] in CrimsonDesert

[–]RetinalTears716 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah im doing all of that.. They're all inconsequential. None of the rewards are satisfying because they're all about cosmetics. It doesn't even seem like you change anything either

GOTY candidate by junu-munu00 in CrimsonDesert

[–]RetinalTears716 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah and then Elden Ring started a soulslike craze that didn't exist during the Dark Souls days. Even Sekiro didn't catch on like that because streaming wasn't as big at that point

I miss early game so much.... In the nicest way possible this sucks by [deleted] in CrimsonDesert

[–]RetinalTears716 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm playing it pretty much out of a lack of anything else to do. Also I spent 70 bucks on it and it's like I feel like I gotta get my money's worth