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hadriel2017-10-01 01:54 pm
lifetothefullest) wrote in hadriel2017-10-01 01:54 pm
006 [Video]
[So, the event's officially over, everything's back to cave-normal, and Lance has had some time to sort out his thoughts on everything. He's also had time to debate with himself on whether he should address something bothering him or just ignore it.
Although he's decided, finally, on the former, it took quite a bit of mental debate; he probably wouldn't have said anything at all if he weren't a psychologist, and weren't concerned that other people might be seriously negatively affected if the issue weren't brought up. Regardless, he's still not exactly looking forward to this entire thing because he can't see it going over all too well, but then again when does anything go over well here?]
Now that the event is over there's something I wanted to address, regarding it and others in the future. I expect there will be disagreement, which is fine, but it would be nice if that disagreement could be discussed in some sort of reasonable manner.
[In other words, not with yelling or threats or murder. He has high hopes for you all!!!]
I'm not going to go into a lot of psychological details and reasoning unless anyone is actually interested, but to summarize: although the idea of simply resisting a compulsion is theoretically appealing, it's not exactly that simple in practice. It also has no correlation at all with being weak, feeble-minded, a failure, or any other negative descriptor I've seen used so freely lately.
[Which he's none too pleased about, even if it doesn't bother him much personally.]
Considering that so many here have so much to worry about and are under enough mental stress already, adding blame for something caused by an outside influence is not exactly helpful, especially in the long run. I'm also just generally unsure that being angry with each other over something caused by an event is the best use of everyone's time and energy.
[Especially when things done by people while completely in control of themselves tend to be overlooked entirely, but he's not even going to touch that topic right now.]
That said, if anyone who has been here for some time has any sort of advice or strategy for identifying and attempting to control an event-caused mental effect, that would be useful. I don't doubt that there might be some techniques that could help, depending on the individual and the specific nature of the event.
Although he's decided, finally, on the former, it took quite a bit of mental debate; he probably wouldn't have said anything at all if he weren't a psychologist, and weren't concerned that other people might be seriously negatively affected if the issue weren't brought up. Regardless, he's still not exactly looking forward to this entire thing because he can't see it going over all too well, but then again when does anything go over well here?]
Now that the event is over there's something I wanted to address, regarding it and others in the future. I expect there will be disagreement, which is fine, but it would be nice if that disagreement could be discussed in some sort of reasonable manner.
[In other words, not with yelling or threats or murder. He has high hopes for you all!!!]
I'm not going to go into a lot of psychological details and reasoning unless anyone is actually interested, but to summarize: although the idea of simply resisting a compulsion is theoretically appealing, it's not exactly that simple in practice. It also has no correlation at all with being weak, feeble-minded, a failure, or any other negative descriptor I've seen used so freely lately.
[Which he's none too pleased about, even if it doesn't bother him much personally.]
Considering that so many here have so much to worry about and are under enough mental stress already, adding blame for something caused by an outside influence is not exactly helpful, especially in the long run. I'm also just generally unsure that being angry with each other over something caused by an event is the best use of everyone's time and energy.
[Especially when things done by people while completely in control of themselves tend to be overlooked entirely, but he's not even going to touch that topic right now.]
That said, if anyone who has been here for some time has any sort of advice or strategy for identifying and attempting to control an event-caused mental effect, that would be useful. I don't doubt that there might be some techniques that could help, depending on the individual and the specific nature of the event.
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[At least to get by here, anyway. And he smiles at her last comment; it's a sentiment he understands, even if he doesn't say it often. Patience can make a lot of difference, and he knows it does when people show it towards him.]
You're welcome.
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[everything is so different from what Marg is used to that of course she has a million questions. not everyone has been so polite about explaining matters to her and quite frankly, she's not used to kindness, period]
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[Mostly he's telling her this because--]
So some people are kind of particular about being addressed by their title. It doesn't make any difference to me here, but it does to some people.
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[people who don't know how people from Earth do most things = THIS GIRL]
Oh! Rather like I expect to be treated with the respect due a Queen, even though I'm not in the Seven Kingdoms anymore.
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[It's kind of a mess, actually. But he nods at her next comment.]
Yes, a lot like that.
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[so is becoming a maester]
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[With some rare exceptions, but generally yes and that also surely adds to why the title is considered so important most of the time.]
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[she will be careful to refer to doctors she meets as doctors unless they give her permission otherwise]