[Event Post] Super Therapy Time

[theheadmonarch]

::So, let's say you've been traumatized by the events of 2 weeks ago involving giant killer robots, or you just feel anxious or whichever. Well, you can either come to be as a Guidance Counselor at Duel Academia, or find my private small practice I'm running in the city for non-students (i.e. Anyone out of High School). Both of which are professional.

As to how I'm doing both ventures, well a wizard did it. And that wizard happens to be me, Noriko. Time Loops for fun and profit.::

Comments

[theheadmonarch]

It's expected as a mental self defense mechanism but the fact you had to do it is bad, and if your brain connects the incident to your emotions proper, you might have a mental breakdown.

[shiningsylvia]

Oh, jeez. That sucks.

How do I not do that?

[theheadmonarch]

Might be more accurately "Shell Shock" PTSD, thinking on it but the two and anxiety have a lot of common similarities and chain effects. Exposing yourself to the same conditions is probably a bad idea but ultimately I'm your counselor and if you don't listen to me, well, that's how it goes.

[shiningsylvia]

I guess so? Isn't anxiety the weird breathing thingy?

[theheadmonarch]

That's more likely part of a panic / anxiety attack, but constant stress, worry, pit-in-the-stomach feelings all happen.

[shiningsylvia]

So...

Do I just wait it out and see if my I start crying a lot?

[theheadmonarch]

Could be seconds, could be days, could be years, could be never. This isn't likely developmental PTSD, where it's ground into the core of your being, most likely, but PTSD has the weirdest triggers, unfortunately.

[shiningsylvia]

Well, I've been dueling fine. Or, about the same. After everything happened with Jason and Garlandolf, I felt a lot better about stuff. Wouldn't like... getting back on the dueling bike fix that so I don't explode at all?

[theheadmonarch]

Not saying don't Duel. I'm saying be very careful about dueling Space Wizard Pirate Nazis.

[shiningsylvia]

Yeah, but. I'm dueling fine, so the breakdown stuff would be connected to the space wizards on space whales. So if I do go beat up them up because a scary rich kid told me to before my brain connects to emotions again, I should have like 0 PTSD, right?

[theheadmonarch]

That's. Not. How. PTSD. Works.

[shiningsylvia]

Well, what happens if they just attack again? Then the PTSD would be like 500, right?

[theheadmonarch]

It depends, but exposing you to what was the original trauma tends to return on the trauma. Now you might not have PTSD, but. War's still never a good thing.

[shiningsylvia]

Well, yeah. But...

I feel restless, I guess? Restless and empty. Going to fight would give me something to do, and maybe help me feel better if I can take down the people that killed all those people.

[theheadmonarch]

Again, that's ultimately up to you to decide. I can tell you not to do it, by at the end of the day, I'm just your guidance counselor and school therapist.

[shiningsylvia]

If...

*She shuffles a bit*

If I go, and I come back messed up. Would you be mad and not want to talk to me and stuff anymore?

[pendulum_soul]

*Over the last few weeks Yuya's been... pretty reclusive. He hadn't really attended many of his classes in that two weeks, and any that he did attend, he didn't really pay attention to. All he could think of was the empty seat next to him, where Yuzu would usually sit.

The rest of his time he'd spent mostly in his dorm room.

He'd tried communicating with Yuto. Many times. But he didn't respond to him. Most of the time he was left just staring at his own reflection in the mirror.

On the nights he couldn't sleep, he'd just take a walk aimlessly around the island.

Naturally, people worried and it was recommended to him that he should maybe just talk to the Guidance Counselor.
And he tried. But each time he passed by Noriko's office door at the Academy, he couldn't bring himself to knock and today... was no different.
With the hood of his cape over his head, he stared at the door before lifting his hand up and then... just putting it back down again.
What would he even talk about that he hadn't already discussed with others anyway? What would it even change?
Letting out a heavy sigh he simply... turns and starts walking away.*

[theheadmonarch]

No such thing dear. I'd be mad, but I'd absolutely want to listen and help you.

Besides, if I disowned everyone who made a super stupid decision in their life, I'd have to disown myself.

[theheadmonarch]

::You hear a voice respond through the door.::

I can hear you sighing out there.

[pendulum_soul]

*Yuya looks back in surprise. He didn't think he was sighing THAT loud.
He pauses for a moment, before he just grits his teeth and forces himself to walk back.
He might as well go now she knows he's here.

Slowly, he opens the door to her office and looks in.*

[theheadmonarch]

::She's signing paperwork and looking through folders.:: Yes, Sakaki-kun?

[shiningsylvia]

Thanks. I don't think I'm going to, but...

It's good to hear, thank you.

[theheadmonarch]

Besides, I wouldn't be a good doctor if I was petty like that.

[shiningsylvia]

...Japan is weird. Back in the states, doctors would probably lock me up if I said I was thinking about doing something like this.

[theheadmonarch]

I'm a doctor in the middle of a school and city where monsters are real.