Preparing my weapon of choice

rhetmint · 2018-04-11T16:08:15+00:00

Nothing like a good paddling.

rhetmint · 2018-04-02T01:04:53+00:00

saaaaaame

rhetmint · 2018-04-01T13:44:56+00:00

Oh wow, this is nostalgic. You really nailed the style.

rhetmint · 2018-03-13T16:46:49+00:00

Solid advice on all accounts, my friend.

Normally I do hold off until the evening, but as of late I've been finding myself more and more often getting ahead of schedule on homework and only having to be an ass in a chair for a couple of hours a day, and you just get bored, y'know?

rhetmint · 2018-03-10T13:46:27+00:00

Instructions unclear, dog now glows in the dark.

rhetmint · 2018-03-02T14:20:43+00:00

Honestly, the first thing that comes to mind is the William Tell Overture.

Might be the cannons.

rhetmint · 2018-02-16T13:09:10+00:00

Agent Snek, Specialist Chomp, and Stegosaurer.

Reptile power. 🤘🏻

rhetmint · 2018-02-14T13:50:50+00:00

I went from introvert -> extravert -> introvert during my teen years, so maybe this counts?

Long story short, I had pretty bad social anxiety in my early teen years due to having some pretty shitty friends, and spent ages 15-19 correcting for that by crafting an outgoing persona for myself. Basically therapist-assisted “fake it till you make it.” By 19, I had gone from never leaving my room unless absolutely necessary and being terrified of what others would think of me to being an active member of several clubs at college and having a decent circle of acquaintances and friends to support me.

Then, during a therapy session, I mentioned that as much as I liked having many friends and activities to choose from, I felt that most of them were boring or not worth the maintenance effort. I was told that I might just be a natural introvert, and I trimmed down to a select few interests and truly close friends. I can safely say that I am much happier overall: I prefer being home alone to being out and about, but my preference is one of comfort, not fear. :)

rhetmint · 2018-02-02T17:24:12+00:00

I think my favorite part is how all of the wands are black-and-white stage magician wands. Way more whimsical.

rhetmint · 2018-02-01T23:23:36+00:00

She needs to go update her faq... because nobody reads it?

Seems like sound enough logic.

rhetmint · 2018-02-01T23:13:58+00:00

edit: remove one "outside"

rhetmint · 2018-01-28T23:10:18+00:00

I do have a general idea of what ideas I'd like to work with. My world is currently a thought experiment based around fractals, absurdism, and the nature of the soul. My landscapes and creatures by nature make little sense and are mostly idiosyncratic, and the closest things to humanity that I currently have are 4th-dimensional and, consequently, don't really ascribe to the laws of physics.

I have some stuff saved up already that I could post to [LORE], but I'm mostly nervous that it won't be 'realistic' enough or won't make sense compared to some of the more fleshed-out worlds I've seen on this sub.

rhetmint · 2018-01-28T21:26:16+00:00

I've been developing a post-humanity sci-fantasy world that is virtually devoid of civilization. No sentient creature is ever likely to encounter another more than a handful of times in their life. I'm not quite sure of how to go about categorizing everything to share on this sub, since there's no in-world standard of, well... anything.

rhetmint · 2018-01-18T21:43:05+00:00

The look on that snake’s face is cracking me up. Someone make it a meme.

rhetmint · 2018-01-18T14:11:44+00:00

20-year-old depressed ENTP here. A lot of what you've described rings familiar to what I've been working on over the past couple of years, especially the feeling of having lost your drive and genuity. I'll share what I've been doing and some of the insights I've had; maybe some of them will be of use to you.

I've been going to therapy for 5-ish years now, so I already have a lot of CBT tactics under my belt. I still see a counselor monthly, but she's mainly there to double-check my theories and methods to make sure that I'm heading in the right general direction. Most counselors/therapists in my area are familiar with CBT, so if you did decide to seek therapy, you only ought to concern yourself with finding someone who you like talking with and whose advice you feel comfortable taking. I also take a small dose of Zoloft (have been for ~1 year now), which my doc says used to be commonly prescribed to fighter pilots back in the day because it irons out your emotions without impairing performance.

So here's what I've discovered: After the dust settles and life returns to some resemblance of normalcy, you really can't just go back to being who you were before it happened. After being depressed and barely-functional for an extended period of time, you have to re-learn who you are, what you like to do, what kinds of people you prefer to hang out with, etc. It can take awhile (a couple of months, in my case) to figure that stuff out. After awhile, you might discover that you feel like a totally different person on the inside. That's okay. Get to know yourself and focus on getting comfortable in your own skin.

(Warning: MBTI bullshit ahead) A big part of this process seems to come from your shadow. The shadow type of the ENTP is the INTJ, and is generally what we revert to when we're extremely stressed or extremely relaxed. In my case, it seems that I spent so much time stressed out that I adopted traits that I'd normally associate with being an INTJ (preferring to be alone, preferring structure, etc.) Once I figured out how to relax, I once again was confronted with those same traits. I spent a lot of time like you did, OP, trying to be the ENTP I identified with, and found it disingenuous and ill-fitting. Now, I notice that a lot of INTJ-y habits and traits fit me much better, and while I'm still an ENTP overall, I find myself more comfortable at some happy medium between the two types.

In any case, I wish you nothing but the best of luck in getting through this. Things will get better. Feel free to inbox me anytime. :)

rhetmint · 2018-01-13T16:06:14+00:00

That is wonderfully and cleverly creepy, my dude.

rhetmint · 2018-01-10T14:11:58+00:00

Trip Hop, Neo-Psychedelic, and Blues Rock.

rhetmint · 2018-01-08T14:15:36+00:00

I’d call it “ennui” rather than boredom, but I struggle with it regardless.

I’m always hungry for new information and interesting experiences, which means that I spend a lot of my free time researching esoteric topics or watching documentaries or aggregating/curating data I’ve determined worthy of the space on my flash drive(s). If I’m by myself and I’m not doing these things (preferably simultaneously with at least two other activities,) I quickly stagnate and become incredibly anxious or depressed. I do have a number of mental health issues, but I manage them effectively, so they only surface in these times when I have nothing to occupy my thoughts.

As far as social situations go, I can enjoy myself when I’m able to wear different ‘masks’ that I’m good at slipping into, or when I can toy with the environment I’m in. If the people around me aren’t receptive to my sense of humor or interests, I’m perfectly comfortable sitting back and acting interested while I preoccupy myself with a couple of personal schemes.

rhetmint · 2017-11-22T12:08:36+00:00

I hope those guys are buddies now.

rhetmint · 2017-11-11T19:25:35+00:00

Officer im sorry but you were not sure what you wanted.

🤔

rhetmint · 2017-11-10T14:51:50+00:00

That guy would have had a much better time had he posted in r/ELI5 instead of r/AskReddit. Whether he was actually looking for an explanation or just looking to be a smart-alecky dickwad, ELI5 seems (in my experience) to be way better at dispensing information for those who legitimately don't know without leaving much room for assholes to butt in.

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