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[heartstopping]

[Rolo has not been having a good time since everyone's memories came back. He's mostly dealt with this by staying home curled up in bed and ignoring the network completely, but after a few days he's finally desperate enough to pull the network device thing back out.]

Is there anything like a therapist in this city?

[He's not even thinking about shit like going anon right now. That would probably be a bad sign, if his standard preference for anonymity didn't necessarily preclude people knowing about said preference.]

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[driving_from_the_backseat]

[They realize, a few days after waking up, that going anonymous would be a good idea until they separate fiction from reality.] Are you also having difficulty adjusting?

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[heartstopping]

[Well, he'd be a hypocrite if he took issue with private messages from anonymous strangers.]

"Adjusting" doesn't feel like the right word for it. How am I supposed to adjust if I don't know what to believe?

[driving_from_the_backseat]

How are you trying to decide what to believe?

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[geass]

[he doesn't really know what to do. he's still so!! damn!!! conflicted!!! about anything and everything regarding to Rolo.

but there's something nagging in his heart when he sees the message on the network.]

Are you still in your room?

[heartstopping]

[Lelouch is basically the one constant between both the lives in his head. That's a comfort right now, even if that comes with some complicated relationship dynamics.]

Yes.

[He's still in bed, but at least he's got his tablet-phone and he's actually doing something. Progress, right?]

[geass]

[he doesn't really know what he's going to do when he gets up there, but he grabs a snack and a soda that he remembers (some way or another) that Rolo likes before heading to his room.

he knocks when he gets there, mind mulling still over what he needs to say. what he wants to say???

he doesn't know what to do.]

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[bonobos]

just go get laid buddy

[heartstopping]

[He'd throw his phone at a wall if that wouldn't just force him to get out of bed to retrieve it afterward.]

I'm being serious.

[bonobos]

and i’m not?

no point in trusting another person with ur problems. u’ll get a knife in the back anyways.

what good can a therapist too? all that mental health mumbo jumbo is crap. stuff they say to make u feel good in the moment and distract u from the real issues. hell they’ll squeal to the pigs the second ur a threat.

here’s my advice: there’s no use in being sad abt shit that’s already happened. the only thing that makes me feel ok is having some F-U-N.

so ya. jerk it.

[ this is a man with deep seated psychological issues do NOT listen to him. ]

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[memori3s]

[ Therapist? No. Persona protagonist who gets people constantly spilling their guts to him? Yes. ]

I haven't seen one.

Is it the memories and new layout of Aldrip?

[ Those are the most obvious troubles he can think of. ]

[heartstopping]

[ social link GO ]

More or less. Though I'm not even dealing with the city changing yet.

[memori3s]

[ I am thou, thou art I etc etc...... ]

Yeah. Figuring out the city can come later.

[ The layout won't change anytime soon. Probably... ]

[murderingjustice]

i seriously doubt it.

[heartstopping]

I don't think it's that impossible. Isn't the whole point of all this supposed to be rehabilitation or something?

[murderingjustice]

that's exactly why.

why would they provide us services that would do the work for us.

although, i personally don't believe in the rehabilitation bullshit narrative.

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[conflictresolution]

That doesn't seem to be an advertised occupation offering services. You are experiencing mental health challenges?

[heartstopping]

I'm surprised not everyone is, if the same thing's happening for everyone else.

[conflictresolution]

Many are struggling, yes. Each has their own coping mechanisms. Is asking for help yours?

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[heartofsalvation]

Perhaps it's me, but I fail to see the wisdom in those who are telling you not to worry about it. It is worrisome, particularly if this was all by design. None of it sits right with me in the slightest.

That said, I know of no one who can do such things for an individual. But perhaps you could start by opening up to someone you trust, at least? Sometimes just getting the concerns off your chest is helpful in and of itself.

[heartstopping]

[The trouble is there's only one person he trusts and he doesn't want to be a burden, and there's also a crazy amount of baggage involved complicating that relationship dynamic.]

I think sorting all this out is a little above the average person's pay grade.

[heartofsalvation]

Perhaps, but even just having the shoulder to lean on can be helpful, even if there's little they can do but affirm your feelings.

Admittedly, I am not in much better a position than you, so I was thinking of seeking out a friend myself. I don't think the others here understand what a violating feeling it is to have one's memories taken or overwritten like they were nothing...

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[opheliac]

jinx here at ur service! so whats going on in that squishy brain of urs? tell me aaaalllll about it.

[heartstopping]

Pass.

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[drugsnotclubs]

I dunno. Ain't seen one.

If people you know are too close, try people you don't. The whole points just having someone who doesn't have anything to do with it, right?

[no shinji that is not what a therapist is. I'm sorry everyone here is a poorly coping traumatized teen, rolo.]

[heartstopping]

[ jfc ]

No, I'm pretty sure there's training and certifications and stuff involved.