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[SOLDIER First]

yeah
wasn't paying attention

[Orange Wizard]

i accidentally set fire to a pan of grease on my stove which resulted in the entire kitchen being destroyed and my dog dying

That's not even remotely pleasant, holy shit

yeah
wasn't paying attention

An easily made mistake, really. Don't blame yourself or anything.

[SOLDIER First]

it is very too late for that

[BorkBorkGoesTheCode]

Hug. It's all I can do.

[TheBiggerFish]

SB:*hugs*

Glad you're alive, dude.  Accidents happen.  And...I'm sorry about your dog. 

But...Take this and learn from it, okay?  Keep a kitchen-rated fire extinguisher near your stove, keep a close eye on your cooking...All that stuff.  I don't want to hear that you got hurt if anything happens again.

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@Gamedragon:First off, *unconditional hugs*.

Second off:

No, you're not.

And also, no you're not.

You are a cool person who feels like shit because their brain is out of whack.  You are not a piece of shit or an asshole.  Or any sort of bad person at all.

Spoiler: Gamedragon, read this, okay? (click to show/hide)

And why you're having trouble focusing, that's the depression.

Tell your parents that you're pretty sure you have clinical depression.  Make a list with your symptoms on it and compare them to the official definition.  If it says DSM-whatever in big impressive letters, the better.  If you can get a proper psychologist/psychiatrist/some-profession-starting-in-psych to even just say something in their official capacity, do that.  Heck, Tiruin's a psych student, they can probably speak the words.  See if they can help you.

If they seriously, truly won't listen to anything else you've said...It might shock them hard enough if you say something about...The really bad times.  I am avoiding saying it aloud, but if you need it unobfuscated PM me.  (Heck, just PM me.  I want to at least be a friendly voice if I can't do anything else.)  I hope to any god you could care to name that you don't need to unleash the nuclear discussion topic, because that's...Just, never, ever good.

And for goodness' sakes, get to a mental health professional, as soon as is humanly possible.  You need to take care of yourself.

And again, Tiruin will probably have more advice on this stuff, but I seem to recall them saying that you could ask the guy who you don't like for a referral to someone else and they would ethically need to give it, I think.

Take my advice with a pinch of salt, because it's coming from 2 AM me, but I can't live with myself if I just let this keep on without at least trying.  Please, at least try to convince them and/or get the help you need.

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I don't know how to help

I don't know what to say

I don't know what to do

This is just, I feel so helpless right now against everything that's going on (here) and I feel like I'm failing people and it feels terrifying and sad and I don't want to not help people and I don't want to let them down and

[chaotic skies]

Hey, don't worry about it. You volunteer yourself to help, and you're doing a great job. The only person you could possibly be failing is....well, no one, really. You're doing more than anyone would ever ask you to do, and that's more than a lot of people would care to do. You are helping people. You are doing more than enough. You're doing exactly the right thing, just keep doing it, everything will be alright.

[NullForceOmega]

TBF, you're doing fine, focus on the fact that by providing moral support you are reminding people that they are not alone and that there is someone out there who cares.

Bowtie:  I'm really very sorry to hear about your accident, losing a pet is always hard, and when their death was caused by your own failures it is immensely difficult to deal with.  Try to stay focused, while the accident happened on your watch, the situation was beyond your control, the results are what they are.

[hops]

The thing is, TBF, if it was an easily fized problem they wouldn't have posted in the sad thread. This is despair country.

[Orange Wizard]

I'm hungry but there's nothing worthwhile in the fridge or pantry

[TD1]

Have you any pets?

Failing that, go to the shop and get something.

[Orange Wizard]

It's 12:30 a.m. and cats don't make for good eating

[Frumple]

Sure they do. Or can, anyway. There's apparently some pretty appetizing recipes out there for roof rabbit.

[TheBiggerFish]

The thing is, TBF, if it was an easily fized problem they wouldn't have posted in the sad thread. This is despair country.

I feel like I should be doing more, y'know?

But thank you, everybody.

*hugs*

[Tiruin]

Hey TBF, I'll send you PMs about that thing--you wish to help but are unsure what to say; we can bring it there. But people do appreciate your messages of moral support, at times that's an uplifting thing in periods of silence. But I suggest you can talk about this in your area there--if you're in college, every university (at least as far as I know) has aid and support professionals for students; go to them. :3

[BlackHeartKabal]

This year and then the next and I still have no idea whatsoever what to do with my life. I am immensely screwed.