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[–] MacedWindow@lemmy.world 102 points 11 months ago (5 children)

It can be easier to open up to UltimateTrollWarrior95 than to someone you know irl who has expsctations for how you should act and show your emotions. I once had a deep conversation about life with some rando on Town of Salem.

[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 141 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I once played 3 hours of modern warfare 2 with the same group back in the day, just because some guy was pouring out his life story and how much life sucked for him around the time. He sent me a quick "thanks for letting me rant" message and I didn't hear from him again for years.

Then out of the blue I get a message that's basically a letter, and it's all about how life was difficult but some random person taking the time to listen without judgment made all the difference for his plans that night.

So I will never cut someone off to tell them I don't have time to listen to their problems, or pull out my phone to play a game, get annoyed with someone who won't stop talking, whatever... Sometimes all a person needs is someone to listen.

[–] SerotoninSwells@lemmy.world 40 points 11 months ago

Thank you for being a kind person.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

that's beautiful

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 45 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That's sort of the design of therapy: a neutral 3rd party who you can open up to without the usual conversational rules.

Except you probably don't call your therapist "UltimateTrollWarrior" (or maybe you do, I don't know your life).

[–] Remmock@kbin.social 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A standard Troll Warrior simply would not suffice.

[–] Risk@feddit.uk 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Please could you tell me how to contact your Ultimate Troll Warrior? Do I need to go on a quest?

[–] Remmock@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

First you must locate one. Watch an entire season of Ultimate Troll Warrior (an American show imported from Japan). You will likely locate one. You may have to watch more than one season. Afterward, rely on technically-savvy stalkers to dox said Warrior. Contact them using that info, but be very careful not to come off as awkward. I recommend rehearsing in front of a mirror a few times.

[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Except an internet stranger can't send you to the grippy socks hospital if you say the wrong thing.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's really not how therapy works.

[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes it is. Your therapist can absolutely put you in an emergency medical hold if you talk to them about thoughts of suicide. It's happened to thousands, if not millions of people.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Only if they think you're an immediate threat to yourself or others.

I talked about suicide a lot in therapy.

[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Just because your therapist didn't 5150 you doesn't mean that it hasn't happened to others.

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago

I've definitely spilled my guts to a number of internet strangers. It's nice to not have repercussions for my crazy.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 11 points 11 months ago

Exactly why therapy is so useful.

I could never tell my family and friends part of me hated them because their love guilted me into not killing myself.

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Town of Salem is great, but at some point you realise screaming the loudest often wins lol

Oh man! I tried that game and literally the first 15 minutes was some asshat talking over everyone and getting upset nobody was listening to him.

Uncertain if the game sucks or people suck. But I uninstalled so fast.