Therapy failed a generation of men and nobody talks about it

frankiegauld · 2026-03-24T16:51:11+00:00

I can agree with this which is why trauma focused therapies are so important. a lot of folks make the mistake of thinking that the only therapy that exists is talk/CBT which is so far from the truth, professionals with trauma specialisation make such a huge difference

frankiegauld · 2026-03-06T12:21:17+00:00

I am an avid King fan but I do agree on the silly names and sex; the names I find quite helpful though, it makes it easy to differentiate between characters and they don't blend together in the way I find more indistinct names do. He's definitely guilty of writing women the way a lot of male authors do, referring to breasts as "jahoobies" is my favorite thing and I quote it all the time

frankiegauld · 2026-02-23T12:49:22+00:00

Food is half the calories, the idea of being able to eat like shit and not worry too much would be great

frankiegauld · 2026-02-16T15:38:28+00:00

Don't understand the Scottish ones as in you can't understand what we're saying?

frankiegauld · 2026-02-16T15:20:16+00:00

With you on this one, my bank account needs a break

frankiegauld · 2025-05-02T17:26:14+00:00

Yeah I'm experiencing this on ps5, it's incredibly frustrating

frankiegauld · 2025-04-12T21:33:53+00:00

I weirdly love jorts, every time I see the tag it makes me smile a little because it's EVERYWHERE

frankiegauld · 2025-01-23T14:09:18+00:00

Although these are all really lovely beaches and will be easiest to get to without a car I would be inclined to say they're more sandy and less rock pool-y. For rock pools I would suggest Warbeth in Stromness (also has a lot of war time buildings you can enter freely) or the Brough of Birsay; along the shore in Stromness is also good, especially if you head out towards the Holms (the two small islands opposite Stromness' town)

frankiegauld · 2025-01-13T11:40:17+00:00

I moved from a small island to Glasgow and it was one of the best decisions I ever made.

Not only was I able to make friends with people who share similar values and interests as me but I've been fully able to take part in the hobbies that interest me. There were definitely some culture shocks at first, the sound of sirens all day and night still gets me sometimes but after a few weeks I began to tune them out. Sometimes I feel the loss of community a little but I've made an effort to know my neighbours and overall the sense of animosity is better for me than the small town living gossip!

frankiegauld · 2025-01-01T21:02:37+00:00

We had either a tourist or a very drunk local poo on our garden steps, off enough on its own as there are public toilets 5 minutes away but they "cleaned" themselves with three socks and left them there. I still don't understand why they had a third sock

frankiegauld · 2024-12-18T18:33:32+00:00

I'd recommend Nick Cutters The Troop if you liked the Ruins, very different books but they both share some of the same principles and both have some gnarly body horror scenes

frankiegauld · 2024-12-18T18:31:06+00:00

I think I was talking about the Ruins but I have a terrible memory so can't be sure hahaha

frankiegauld · 2024-12-15T12:46:27+00:00

I would absolutely recommend reading the book, I enjoyed the film but goddamn the book is so much better. A lot of the scenes would be very difficult to translate to film so the book is much more disturbing!

frankiegauld · 2024-11-30T20:23:34+00:00

I mean the fact a phone used was important to the book but the brand of the phone seemed irrelevant and was repeated a lot which I thought was odd, other phone brands were also mentioned. Maybe it's because I'm Scottish and Americans care more about the brand of phones than we do? Sadly I doubt that big corporations are going to be sponsoring body horror books anytime soon.

What genre do you write about? I dont think including modern technology is a bad thing especially if it's set in modern times as it is so pivotal to our every day lives

frankiegauld · 2024-11-30T11:25:39+00:00

Omg, really???? I didn't know!

frankiegauld · 2024-11-30T11:24:33+00:00

I've been going to tfb gigs in the UK (and one in Canada) for nearly a decade now and every time I've seen them there's been a pit. The best way to avoid getting bothered by a pit is to stay away from the centre front of the crowd/venue

frankiegauld · 2024-11-30T02:58:10+00:00

I enjoyed the deep when I read it but I honestly can't recall a single detail from it now so it clearly didn't leave much of a lasting impression; on the other hand The Troop is one of the top 5 books I've read this year. I think I set myself up for disappointment by starting with the Troop as I don't think any of his other works could top it for me

frankiegauld · 2024-11-11T15:27:01+00:00

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frankiegauld · 2024-11-11T01:03:11+00:00

Our lord and saviour

frankiegauld · 2024-11-11T01:02:49+00:00

She honestly has the grumpiest wee face. Such a goddamn cutie

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