Early update for April 11, 2023
Added 2023-04-10 03:55:00 +0000 UTClook on my snowhill ye mighty
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Or start telling the one you have about your actual isseus
Bagge
2023-04-11 04:02:31 +0000 UTCWalky is a terrible therapist. Get a new one, Dotty.
taekwondogirl
2023-04-11 03:15:42 +0000 UTCWalky's seen Dorothy temporarily frazzled before (like when she overslept and missed her first class that one day), but that's just it: it was always temporary, and she was back to Same Ol' Dorothy in no time. Despite her efforts to tell Walky otherwise here, that what she's going through now is a LOT deeper, he can't reconcile that with the Dorothy he knows. Right now, I think the only characters who can see Dorothy clearly are Ruth and Becky.
Harold
2023-04-10 20:35:28 +0000 UTCOuch. Poor Dorothy. It's never fun to be told that your struggles are not really that big of a deal. Please get some self care, Dorothy.
Sumit
2023-04-10 16:27:29 +0000 UTCNext stop: Danny?
Vivian
2023-04-10 13:32:37 +0000 UTCDorothy is all but begging for permission to just stop trying, and no one will give it to her. Ahhh this feeling
Madison
2023-04-10 12:43:55 +0000 UTCYou, have some hugs 🫂
Amós Batista
2023-04-10 09:51:53 +0000 UTCHeavens, how much Dorothy have to be crushed like that.
Amós Batista
2023-04-10 09:49:42 +0000 UTCI worry that she may not know how to do anything else. And I hope you're doing better now, Shane!
Jasmijn Wellner
2023-04-10 07:43:57 +0000 UTCDorothy hasn't yet realized it, but if she's not striving for Yale and POTUS, she could probably ease off the throttle. She doesn't have to live a lifestyle at A+++ intensity with mega-extracurriculars. She could rest and take it at a B+ level and still be entirely passable. Even a regular A is probably pretty easy for the level of effort she's used to. She can do that now. Heh, I know this because I did my Navy career the same Dorothy has been doing high school and life- as some kind of power leveling speed run. And to be fair it worked, I hit E-5 at 1.1 years (Average, 4-6), E-6 at 3.1 (Average, 7-9, must make it by 20), and E-7 at 6.5 years (Average, 12-14). The price paid was I was inhumanely burned at the 10 year mark, left the service and didn't stay in the Navy for the usual 20 years, even though I was potentially a made man. My adrenal system was ash and soot. I felt kinda numb all the time even as I put on the best smile I could. I had 96 days of unspent leave on the books. And all because if it was WoW, I was constantly fighting +4 level mobs for the extra XP because I wanted to see if I could do a perfect speedrun and, I dunno, make Master Chief or whatever. (Spoiler- you don't make Master Chief if you burn yourself out and leave the Navy.) What I know now with the benefit of hindsight is that I should have been taking vacations and spending leave days at approximately the same rate as I was earning them. I should have been saying No to more non-critical collateral duties to focus on what mattered the most. I could have known those things better if I'd done a bit better at seeking out mentors I could trust and listening to them. When I couldn't help myself, I could barely help anyone else which diminished what I could offer as a leader. If I'd eased back to B+ level I wouldn't have nosedived into total exhaustion. Dorothy can and should do the same, ease back into just doing the core classes she needs for an 'ordinary' life, at least for like, sophomore year. There's literally nothing wrong with that! As she rests and heals, she can focus on what goals she wants next- and just feeling better and happier and less burned out with life as she goes.
Shane Wegner
2023-04-10 06:59:49 +0000 UTCSomeone hug Dorothy right now
Bagge
2023-04-10 05:36:58 +0000 UTCAs Walky still doesn't recognize her flaws even after her opening up, I doubt he will be the one to help her through this, and Joyce will likely have a similar reaction. Thinking about who she could actually talk to, I realized we might already have the answer. She said she was already seeing a therapist, but she wasn't being fully honest since she thought having recorded mental health issues would impact her ability to become president. If she no longer believes she'll be president, then it's possible she'll be able to open up to her therapist and actually get proper treatment as that record no longer matters. While not as narratively satisfying as having another known character help her through it, we've already seen Ruth start doing better with therapy and medication, so it seems like a legitimate possibility.
Bryan C
2023-04-10 05:22:22 +0000 UTCI am very much relating to Dorothy at the moment.
Eric Barkman
2023-04-10 04:53:13 +0000 UTCAh, the dark side of unfailingly believing in Dorothy
BBCC
2023-04-10 04:17:30 +0000 UTC
