Such a relief to learn that all of my problems are in my head. The thing that I am trapped in and can never escape.

@theropologist

Indeed, one of the most annoying things a person-not-experiencing-a-situation can possibly say.

Can bring my "like this person" meter from 100 to 0 awfully quickly.

@theropologist my leg isn’t on fire it just feels that way because of nerve pain, thank goodness. All fake. Phew.
@deetlebee @theropologist 15 months late but ... Look into hypnosis for pain control. It can work really well for things like fibromyalgia. I helped someone waiting in A&E deal with theirs while waiting to be seen for an unrelated issue.
@theropologist well, at least you’re renting your own space in your head.

@theropologist

Woman cannot remake herself without suffering, for she is both the marble and the sculptor. Alexis Carrel, 1873-1944 French surgeon

@theropologist “It’s all your head” has always seemed to me to be code for “I have no interest in helping you with that, or even in being particularly sympathetic.”
@theropologist @larsmb literally every therapy session o’ mine
@theropologist People who tell you that will then accuse you of being out of your mind.
@tokensane @theropologist “Of course I am out of my mind! All of my problems are in there!”
@theropologist It’s possible via LSD & Co. though.