As part of my job as a crisis worker, one of the things I need to be able to do is assist in the process of placing people who are mentally ill and in crisis on a hold. Now... a lot of people probably start thinking of getting '5150'd' - to borrow from California's statutory code related mental health hospitalizations - but it's... really more complicated than that. A lot more complicated. So much so that, after visiting Ebon Quill, I ended up having to drive the entire diagonal length

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Hello everypony, long time no see. I know how e̳̝a̜͙̥̝͎̺g͎̞er̟̰ ̖͕̯ everyone is for some miraculous pony words or the like. Well good news and good news. I got a better job and finished my last day at a job so aw̛f̡ul ͤ͐̎ that if I never mention or think about it again, I will die an infinitely happier man.

Today I come with a game r̷e͏c͘o̴mm̨e͠nd̷ation͞ ̸ and I haven't even finished it yet, I just got to a point in the game best summarized by this iconic meme.

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Things are going much, much better for me - both situationally and psychologically. And once September rolls around, I will soon have time to write some more! Huzzah!

I honestly haven't officially started the next chapter, but my mind has been bursting with so much that it's going to fly onto the page once I have a decent chunk to commit to it.

Thank you for all who have stuck with this do far! Nearly 6,000 views! I am blown away!

An interesting discussion brewed up over on Bookplayer’s blog. Bookplayer is of the position that last weekend’s episode fundamentally changed Diamond Tiara’s character, while my position is that it is a natural continuation of it and that the character hasn’t changed beyond reacting to circumstance.

Bookplayer asked for specific things in canon that show this, so I’m going to an inquisition on Diamond Tiara as she appeared in season 1 episode 12: Call of the Cutie.

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She's timid beyond compare and the embodiment of kindness, so how does Fluttershy have such an intimidating presence to her when she wants it?

Let’s take a look, and let’s start right at the beginning.

[WARNING: 'Tis a long 'un!]

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I just visited Eliezer Yudkowsky's tumblr, and on Jan 12 he posted this:

12TH JAN 2024 | 38 NOTES

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I couldn't sleep. I needed to get this off my mind.

Earlier today, I went to a Twitch stream featuring some of the major members of the group The Good Hie List. Writers like Flammenwerfer, Anonpencil, and numerous others were on a Skype call just answering random questions and talking about whatever topic happened to come to mind.

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I've been thinking a lot about what I wrote here over the course of about 17 days. I've been re-reading segments of it and trying to make sense of it, because the truth is, I just knew I had something to say. But I did not know exactly what that was... But the more I analyze it, the more I'm starting to realize that at its core, this is a story about letting go. Here, I'm consciously making a decision to leave my past behind... Like Twinkle Shine said, I don't need to remember. Simply

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I've been doing a lot of thinking about this... I was married for six years and I've had many relationships with people of both genders before and afterward... However, for some reason, I can no longer remember anything good about my past relationships? I don't believe it's really my fault, but for whatever reason, I feel like something was taken from me? Something precious? Now, I'm not a psychologist and I won't claim to know the real reason why this has happened... But it also occurs to me

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When it comes to offensive humour, when have you crossed a line that nobody should ever cross?
Here is Doug's stance on the issue.

PRO:TIP The rest of the blog will make more sense if you watch the video.

I generally agree with most of his points and I do want to particularly emphasise the Too Soon concept which some people seem to have problems getting.

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Near and Far

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Many of the transgender allegories used here are fairly obvious. For instance, Twinkle Shine is the name she chose for herself, and therefore, her name is Twinkle Shine now, and not Cozy Glow... Her ghosts are a past reflection of herself, much like my own ghosts are just past reflections of me. They haunt her dreams, and while she cannot get away, she can learn to deal with these nightmares and possibly even make friends with them.

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I've been seeing a new psychologist ever since October last year.
They've been helping me steer away from issues related to anxiety.

I've been getting more active again, so I hope I can maintain this forward progress.

Oh, yeah, Pearl's story got three four new chapters today.
Send me your feeeeeedback. I live on it as much as the Changelings do on love.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! LOLROFLXD LMFAO *starts to colapse with suffocation* Oh no, HAHAHA, I'm Okay, Just need a moment t- hahaha, breath. *pants profusely* Okay, hehehe, I think I'm good now...

Confused? Keep reading.

Okay, I have seen many a brony hater in my life, but this guy, this guy know's what he's talking about. NONONO! Don't leave, Let me explain myself first JEEZ!

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I am not very good with words.

... Perhaps I should amend that a bit. I am very good with typing words. I am not very good with speaking them. Especially when they are words that I need to say to express myself about how I am thinking. How I am feeling. How I... am.

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Stands up to adjust my tie before clearing my throat.

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Today's psychology class was pretty interesting. That's a strange thing for me to say, given how I'm usually bored senseless in that class, but today's lecture on personality honestly hooked me in. Of all the things we went through, however, one stuck with me: The bit where they discussed Karen Horney, specifically on what she said about the Neurotic Stance. To simplify it to just the bare essentials for the sake of time, she stated that a neurosis was a counterproductive way of dealing with

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Maud, love her or hate her, she is kuudere. Kuudere being a Japanese trope for emotionless anime girls, which in case you didn't know is hot as hell. XP

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I promised some kind of summary post for my Points of Canon series, and since Season 8 is rapidly approaching, I guess I’m running out of time to say whatever it is that I have to say. I will, of course, continue the series, and it’s kind of silly to write any kind of conclusion when it’s so obviously incomplete, that I’m in a middle of a season.

Especially the unkind words.

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