Tbh pretty stupid that she slacked in class because she wants to be an author, actor or journalist... all those fields require a) luck b) talent, especially when she was bad in school..
Remember kids, always try to have a plan b, when it comes to your future.
Also not sure what makes Kayla think that actors, authors, and journalists perform poorly in school. I'm not saying that your grades, especially in high school, are a determining factor in your life, but Kayla would have most likely convinced her parents she could pursue these career paths if she did well in school. Acting, writing, and journalism, while all perfectly viable career paths, require an amazing amount of tenacity.
Suggestion for Kayla since she whined enough about it; you mentioned wanting to do voice acting for video games. If you are serious about this, why not go to game development communities and offer your voice work to indie and student projects? I know the small projects I've been on had a difficult time finding anyone who was even willing to voice act, much less anyone good. You could make a small audition recording, then make a portfolio from teams that took you. I'm sure your parents would be more impressed than if you continue to do nothing.
Or, I mean, I could just be a big meanie head who never gives Kayla advice ever.
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Kid, I am trying to be nice here.
I know it's not that easy. I live it. You're making me want to fall back into old behaviors goddamn.
That reminds me! I've been trying to avoid powerleveling BUT IT'S SO HARD RRRGH so I'll just put it under a spoiler. That makes it better, right? . . .right?
First, though, hat's off to @CrispyBacon for those Vent caps. You rock, man. But one thing that jumped out at me when reading through those was not only the near-constant suicide-baiting, but the threatening to harm herself in general.
For me, self-harm was a therapeutic thing. I never told anybody about it, I never alerted anyone to when I was going to do it, but if things were getting a little too much for me to handle, I'd stab myself in the chest to relieve the stress. & it worked! I always felt much better afterwards (albeit sore). I've managed to [mostly] kick the habit, but the other night I was reading Kayla's whole "I'M GONNU TEAK THESE SCISSORS IN TH E SHOWER & CUVT MYSELFFF" & "I'M GONNA CYT MYSELF THREE TIEMS 4 EVERYTEXT HE WONT ANSWER" stuff I was like, "that sounds SO GOOD right now goddamn!"
I don't know how many people have dealt with this kinda thing, so I'll do my best to explain---I don't smoke, but everyone in my complex does. & when people don't get their nicotine fix, they get a little cranky. Jittery, even. They just sit there & all they can think about is how much they really really want that cigarette, & when they can finally have it, oh my God it is better than sex. Or like you have an itch you can't reach, but when you finally get it? AMAZING.
Self-harm's kinda like that. & hearing someone talk about it is kinda like when you're trying to eat better & your friend's talking about pizza. & you're like "dicks in my mouth I would punch a baby for some pizza right now BUT I CAN'T IT'S BAD FOR ME BUT OH GOD I WANT SOME FUCKING PIZZA SO BAD"
TL;DR Kayla hurts herself for attention---which is the exact opposite of what self-harm is supposed to do, & she's completely ignorant of the magnitude of the shit she's saying.
TL;DR X2 COMBO I am rambly & tired & I hope that made sense.
I mean this very nicely, because you're my sempai: don't let her get to you. This forum is just for shooting the shit and making fun, and if you're getting upset then something isn't right. Take a breather and look back at the past 200 pages where absolutely nothing has changed - our presence hasn't even had an impact on her behaviour except now she's a lot more cautious about suicide threats. I know you want to help her (again, I made this comparison, but flaming train wreck etc) but she doesn't really want help, she wants asspats and pity. Spend the energy on yourself, where it actually will do some good.
...what did we do to Kinzie, again? As far as I recall, she begged the weens to give her attention too, said she wasn't scared of them, and then posted bad selfies.
It still amuses the shit out of me that Kayla thinks getting diagnosed with BPD is just walking into a shirks once and explaining the symptoms, not you know, the 1-2 week hospital stay with daily tests and 24/7 monitoring that generally gets that diagnosis in a person. Since you know, it's a serious mental illness that results in more suicides than any other.
Naw just gonna walk in there, say she's feeling sad and expect a diagnosis and probably call the doctor an ableist on her blog if/when she doesn't get it.
I mean this very nicely, because you're my sempai: don't let her get to you. This forum is just for shooting the shit and making fun, and if you're getting upset then something isn't right. Take a breather and look back at the past 200 pages where absolutely nothing has changed - our presence hasn't even had an impact on her behaviour except now she's a lot more cautious about suicide threats. I know you want to help her (again, I made this comparison, but flaming train wreck etc) but she doesn't really want help, she wants asspats and pity. Spend the energy on yourself, where it actually will do some good.
Heh, my typing gives me away, huh. & aww, shucks, thanks!
Honestly, though, I'm really not upset---err, at least not now. I just have a lot going on right now & I'm in a pretty difficult situation, which leaves a lot of residual anxiety already, & reading through her shit DOES get immensely frustrating at times. So it's not so much a "GRRRR I'M SO ANGRY" thing, but more like a really bad food craving that you have to fulfill. She could've said "I really want a baked potato" & I'd be like "FUCK MAN I LOVE BAKED POTATOES IT'S TWO IN THE MORNING BUT I'M GONNA MAKE ONE RIGHT NOW OR I WON'T BE ABLE TO SLEEP GREAT IDEA THANKS KAYLA WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT"
My brain isn't doing the thing with the thinks in thought place but that was supposed to be a somewhat informative post & not a bitchy losing-my-cool post.
