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[ It's ass at night and Elda Marker, made more awake by the fact she keeps finding herself waking up later and later especially on weekends when her son doesn't have school is wide awake. As such, she makes her own variation on one of those cerebral posts a friend of hers makes sometimes: ]

So what's something you've wanted to tell someone, but haven't? Or something you absolutely don't want to tell someone? Or have been fretting about? I'm no qualified therapist, but I am older than many of the people on this app, so maybe I can help. Even if I can't, I can hear it out.

I'll make mine public: The woman in my memories survived an attempt to exterminate her race, and I have no idea how to begin to handle that memory. I've tried to ignore it for months.

Mine's related to Retrospec stuff, but it doesn't have to be obviously.

[ On and OOC feel free to have your responses here assumed to be to her inbox for privacy if you want or have them be public for people. Specify if you want I'll roll with whatever ... or respond to her own admission if you want ]

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Well, if you don't have problems, that's all the better! Not that I was focusing entirely on memories.

Hell, you could tell me about your crush if you want.

I think I'll pass. not that I have a crush or anything but in general! but I guess I have something I can ask a total stranger about anyway... do you think it's important to get powers back while we're going through all of this?

Do you have any control over if you do or don't?

no, I don't think so. but I mean like if someone didn't, do you think that makes someone less important?

Absolutely not?

This isn't some bizzaro eugenics thing. If someone does or doesn't have strange abilities or supernatural powers or any of that doesn't influence their worth as a person.

then what do you think would be the best way for someone like that to help the people that really are stuck with weird abilities coming back?

Definite stuck?

I mean, if you want to help, there's the obvious just being there, hearing them out, bring friendly, keeping some objectivity about stuff...

But there's maybe some other practical concerns?

most likely stuck. near definite stuck all of that sounds fair, sure, but after a point... I guess I worry about not relating enough to help anymore

I literally don't understand what you mean by stuck.

Like they can't figure things out, they can't leave the house, they literally have fly powers and are stuck to a wall?

the people that know that they have abilities coming back no matter what and can't stop it versus the people that absolutely know they're powerless and there's no hope in changing that. stuck in a situation where they have to deal with what's already laid out for them even if they wanted to change it at all. so I guess stuck like they can't figure things out because nobody knows what they're doing the first time, do they?

Oh, so you mean more in anticipation of things...?

Well, then the obvious thing is that if any of those abilities are going to be detriments to their lives, that they make whatever precautions they can. For example, my skin was eventually going to be very light sensitive, so I've added thick curtains and read lighting all over the manor.

But am I still missing the point?

no...I guess that's helpful enough. although light sensitivity sounds pretty bad too.

It definitely meant I needed to change up my life.

But that's the obvious advice, in my opinion. Some other things to handle might be to see if you can't find people who have similar problems or abilities.

right. I'll just have to ask around and see what people say. thanks I just hope they'll answer if I ask

Well that's the other thing.

It's possible they won't tell you (they don't want to, they can't, etc) and that's also fair. It's good to be supportive, but if they don't want people to pry... well. There's a line to work out. And that's something to become okay with.

and that's what I'll have to keep in mind seriously, thanks. I'll remember that good luck with everyone else who asks you for advice

Of course.

No, good luck to you with what's troubling you.

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