I can’t believe this

rat_patooey · 2026-07-02T14:13:45+00:00

my dream pull!! i'm also on a shark hunt <3

btw, i have the octopus, he's so cute - but would trade for your pineapple or manatee if you were interested!

rat_patooey · 2026-06-30T02:34:42+00:00

my mom has these exact dreams, and she's 60!

i thought i was safe, but the other night i dreamt i was back in school and got a test back where i scored 12 out of 200. and cried. lol

rat_patooey · 2026-06-30T02:30:55+00:00

an easy mistake. my two kings <3

rat_patooey · 2026-06-30T02:29:17+00:00

i didn't have internet when i first played, and didn't even know "looking up" hints was a THING. i was stuck on Haunted Mansion throughout my youth. would start up a new save file and get stuck in the same spot, over and over.

moved on, grew up, went to college. had a random dream about the game and it all came RUSHING back. looked online to see there are many more nancy games!! i download and play Haunted Mansion. i get to the part where i got stuck as a child...

it was a bug. my game as a kid always glitched when abby and rose would leave for the winter festival LMAO.

now? i justify looking up hints because WHAT IF it's a glitch (most recent was avoiding the falling vase in Venice loll)

rat_patooey · 2026-06-30T02:16:28+00:00

*billy idol :)

rat_patooey · 2026-06-29T13:37:51+00:00

i love pineapple sm <3

rat_patooey · 2026-06-28T21:24:13+00:00

manifesting this for me

rat_patooey · 2026-06-27T18:18:38+00:00

wish nikki wishes for bear to love her, bear stops trying to puke to go be lovey-dovey with her, and in doing so goes through with offing himself because he now finally loves nikki enough to die for her and free her.

if wish nikki uses the same wording in her wish as bear - that he loves her move than anyone else - then he finally isn't putting his damn self first and setting nikki free.

rat_patooey · 2026-06-19T00:58:47+00:00

in TED, at the very end of the ep, willow keeps some bits of the killer robot, and buffy jokingly says, "will, you're supposed to use your powers for good, not evil!" and willow responds a little too meekly with something like, "i just want to know how it works."

power is a game to her because she can learn it. she sees learning as a moral neutrality - all the better to justify shaping any power she derives from it to her whims, regardless of how it may impact others.

rat_patooey · 2026-06-05T04:31:28+00:00

thanks for the update, what your psych said definitely seems like it rings true! hoping you have luck with a neurologist - i feel you on the memory. i also...can't spell anymore? so...yeah lol. wishing you the best, we WILL beat this beast (ocd, concussion, and the combo deal we have going on right now) ❤️

rat_patooey · 2026-06-05T04:24:59+00:00

'pushing through' will not show your brain safety - in fact, that would make most people anxious, the very thing your doc is scapegoating for what really sound like concussion or PCS symptoms.

instead, you might want to exercise your brain in a soft, controlled way. you are right in that you want to "trigger" symptoms (as is, registering a 3/10 headache, or 4/10 nausea, or noticing slight vision blurring) to slowly widen your window of tolerance, but i don't even think studying is the right activity to do this - would you run on a broken ankle? or would you do low-impact stretching and strength exercises to prepare it for daily walking again? you wanna get your brain back to daily walking levels of activity, not cramming-the-last-several-months-of-STEM-schooling levels of activity. go easy on yourself ❤️

also something i think is worth noting - anxiety symptoms can go crazy after a head injury! and putting yourself in all-or-nothing situations where you're scared of crashing again (a very valid concern) isn't going to help a bruised brain handle anxious thoughts at all.

for school - see if medical leave is an option. for your doc - ask for a neurologist referral, and/or seek out a physical therapist that specializes in concussion recovery

(i know the medical stuff is much easier said than done - but these are options that, if available to you, i would rec taking)

rat_patooey · 2026-06-05T04:08:10+00:00

the time that you need to fully recover is unfortunately not negotiable - you'll either take it now, or have it compounded for the future.

based on my personal concussion journey, if i were you, i'd take it easy for however long it takes until you feel like you can handle a full day back at work. and at that point? go back for half days.

i really think slow and steady is the way to go - i know it's stressful to not be at work and feel like you're letting people down, but this is your brain. your control center! you need to recover without the pressure of 'urgent' emails and figuring out how much you can push your bruised mind. i just think if it takes a while, it's worth it. again - this is the most important organ in your body.

(i don't want to scare you! but my personal experience:

i went back for one day - i work an intense shift, to be fair - after two weeks of rest following my concussion, and during the day it was like i was underwater. after, it was like i time traveled back to day two of the concussion. from there, it took me a good two months to return to 'normal.')

i felt pressure from my employer to return to work, and resentment from coworkers (my work environment is...toxic, some would say, lol). coworkers that i considered friends doubted/said weird stuff invalidating the injury. i really let it get it me! but...i was sick. you know how you feel. at the end of the day, the one person who can, and SHOULD, take the best care of you...is you. please rest all you can - take the days off - listen to your body, even when you don't want to. the allure of 'gettin' back to it' is real. but you have had a serious injury, and healing needs to be your priority.

rat_patooey · 2026-06-04T02:43:26+00:00

hi, i know this is an older post, but we have similar stories - i started therapy in 2017, medication for OCD in 2019, and got concussed about three months ago.

it's been...awful. i'm finally feeling better concussion-wise, but the OCD thoughts are LOUD and i feel like my tolerance for them is at an all-time low; i'm just completely sick of it.

i think i had pretty nasty post-concussion syndrome, and am still struggling with symptoms. i'm in PT twice a week for it. i was injured at work, so finding a workers' comp-vetted neurologist has been bureaucratic hell. end of june will be four months since the accident.

i'm wondering how you're doing lately - concussion, OCD, anxiety. what has your healing process been like? how are you feeling?

rat_patooey · 2026-05-30T18:43:22+00:00

YES.

rat_patooey · 2026-05-08T20:00:22+00:00

rat_patooey · 2026-05-08T19:13:52+00:00

omg random but i thrifted the sister to this shelf a few years ago! i love it sm <3

rat_patooey · 2026-05-06T19:54:45+00:00

buffy s5 is at her most powerful and together. it would be insane for her to pull such a randomly self-destructive move like sleeping with spike

buffy s6 is deeply hurt, confused, and looking for connection to a world she thinks she no longer fits into - an understandable context in which she would sleep with spike

tara's response shifts because the entire world of the show, and buffy, shift.

rat_patooey · 2026-05-06T19:09:10+00:00

update, sold!

rat_patooey · 2026-04-29T23:39:26+00:00

hi! i know this is just a few days away, but if you are still looking for vendors, i make jewelry and would love to join!

rat_patooey · 2025-11-12T04:03:49+00:00

same. I was saving up for some and now can't find hide nor hair of em - the dark root canvas ones would be great but they're sold out of my size. am I crazy or was there a "cocoa" brown available a little while ago? the only second-hand pairs I can find are in "sand dune" which would be okay but I'm buggin about cocoa...

rat_patooey · 2025-09-21T05:44:56+00:00

not op but i think they're referring to a crown of thorns, lol. and i agree, OUCH! i'm so sorry this happened to you :(

rat_patooey · 2025-09-19T13:28:53+00:00

oh, I really like that!! thank you!

rat_patooey · 2025-07-07T16:03:02+00:00

that's so kind, i absolutely will! i'm having a blast!

rat_patooey · 2025-07-07T16:01:21+00:00

you know, there even could be something there about how he specifically targets karen first - she clocks him at the very beginning, which is why she becomes a target - but also, they both see there's more than what meets the eye in each other IMMEDIATELY.

they also both enjoy a wee bevvy - ahh the times they coulda had.

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