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paranoidactivity) wrote2017-08-28 11:28 pm
paranoidactivity) wrote2017-08-28 11:28 pm
tfln.
( a continuation of this thread )
[ again, a slight huff of laughter, and strand lets himself settle back a little more comfortably into his chair. it's the usual list of suspects, from a string of failed therapy attempts he himself has gone through, before ultimately giving up and channeling his efforts into the institute. that, by far, has kept him sane far more than therapists telling him to move on with his life and accept that coralee is probably dead.
serves them right. he, clearly, knows best, seeing as coralee is obviously alive.
but that is treading down depressing territory, and strand shelves that for later. he rarely gets to ask alex questions about her personal demons, and honestly, it is a refreshing change of pace to not be the one badgered about past demons in the dark. ]
What a world. [ it's more to himself than to alex, though he soon straightens a bit to take a piece of bread. ] But I think all of the proffered remedies she's given you are missing the point.
[ as he tears off a piece of bread, though he doesn't eat it quite yet ]
Therapists are worthless if there's no trust involved, regardless of what you're seeing the therapist for. It's the one area of science that requires a surrender of skepticism and the acknowledgment that you, clearly, don't know best concerning your own analysis of your own brain.
[ and strand lets that hang in the air for a moment before he continues ]
I've gone through sixteen.
[ he is not exaggerating. ]
[ again, a slight huff of laughter, and strand lets himself settle back a little more comfortably into his chair. it's the usual list of suspects, from a string of failed therapy attempts he himself has gone through, before ultimately giving up and channeling his efforts into the institute. that, by far, has kept him sane far more than therapists telling him to move on with his life and accept that coralee is probably dead.
serves them right. he, clearly, knows best, seeing as coralee is obviously alive.
but that is treading down depressing territory, and strand shelves that for later. he rarely gets to ask alex questions about her personal demons, and honestly, it is a refreshing change of pace to not be the one badgered about past demons in the dark. ]
What a world. [ it's more to himself than to alex, though he soon straightens a bit to take a piece of bread. ] But I think all of the proffered remedies she's given you are missing the point.
[ as he tears off a piece of bread, though he doesn't eat it quite yet ]
Therapists are worthless if there's no trust involved, regardless of what you're seeing the therapist for. It's the one area of science that requires a surrender of skepticism and the acknowledgment that you, clearly, don't know best concerning your own analysis of your own brain.
[ and strand lets that hang in the air for a moment before he continues ]
I've gone through sixteen.
[ he is not exaggerating. ]