That’s legit.
The other difference for me and my brother is he and our dad had a large final blowout fight that ended things, and I just decided I was tired of the stress of dealing with him.

It’s only been since late January, so that helpful to hear. I called my mom and we talked about some of the hurt caused and how we (me, her and my bro) have been conditioned over the years to feel guilt. My brother went NC in 2020 and he is handling it way better than me.

I and my husband are in a third play through each.
We are constantly comparing notes on how things are different from each other and between the different runs.
I love it. It’s been getting me through some pretty tough times lately as well. Perfect distraction to fall into.

I have now gotten my husband and several friends to play. People that don’t usually play turn based rpg games included. (I’d also never played one before)
Everyone loves it.
The story is amazing, it’s beautiful, and the combat is actually fun in my opinion. I’d say it’s worth a shot.

I’m gonna try and give it a couple more. But this may end in my reading a wiki.

Sucks to hear you know how it feels. Wouldn’t wish this shit on anyone. 🫂

Yeah, unfortunately I can’t smoke right now so that won’t work. I also have a high state of stress and have had to cut a lot of things out. Trauma is a bitch. I might have to skip this one no matter how good people say it is.

Like, I had to crochet through the third episode and then had to do a bunch of regulating and watch a couple episodes of Make Some Noise to get out of that state. I’m as yet unconvinced that a tv show is worth this.
At least when horror movies do this, it’s over in 2 hours or less.

Any tips for processing through a highly activated nervous system? Because I don’t think I can do this without some serious tools.