Cat didn’t seem to mind camouflaging into the kids chalk artwork. She did mind though me having to clean her afterwards.

“If the human brain (mind) was simple enough for us to understand it, we would be too dumb to understand it”. I don’t know who said it but my point is that I cannot imagine any health care pathology to be so simply one dimensional that it’ll fit on a continuum.

Perhaps it helps to understand that a spectrum can be comprised of a cluster of continua: a possibility space of which any subset can be observed. Like each colour in the light spectrum. The continuum notion in that case can refer to its brightness. Same in the case of emotions. We don’t just experience one emotion at any given time although there’s a prominent one and others might be subdued. How we cluster certain aspects, such as traits in mental health as well as the threshold to diagnose anyone is of course arbitrary. Severities in presentations are perhaps seen as a continuum, but the underlying structure that aids in defining it, is a spectrum.

I feel like people confuse the term spectrum with the term continuum. Fading from black to white through gray is a continuum. Rainbow colours are a spectrum. In mental health, most conditions have no aetiology - or it is not considered, and the condition is described or defined by signs and symptoms, and not something like a bloodtest. The weight of each of these signs and symptoms is what makes up the spectrum. When someone is on the spectrum of whatever condition, it means the sum of those weights exceed a value that causes some detriment to the individuals quality of life. Maybe I’m spliting hairs but I thought to share my understanding.

What break with Moskow? Arms deal means metal can be purchased by European countries for the war in Ukraine. The sanctions are threatened - not implemented. I cannot see how Putin could have it better without sitting in the white house himself.

There’s a lot of overlap in experiences of folks with different mental conditions. Whilst the root cause is different with a neurodiverse brain or mood disorders or personality disorders they might lead to similar experiences. The question becomes how much is it impacing someone’s life or how well can those behaviours stemming from these experiences be integrated. There’s also the fact that self-awareness might be picking up on those experiences better in one group compared to others.

Specific yes, but not oddly: this is paraphrasing from an actual testimony of victims.

Impressive vocal range and that it can sing in harmony with itself.

Wouldn’t it be nice if the strength of relieve following such a task would outweigh the level of anxiety prior? At least that’s how it is for me. Happy for you that you have it scratched of your task list.

Depends what matters in that context. If it’s just the facts, then just quote them if you can. If you must, for whatever reason, point it out you just paraphrase their statement coupled with the the facts, like for example “You stated this thing happened, however we found the other thing to have occurred”. Don’t explicitly say that they lied, leave room for interpretation, perhaps there was a mistake.

Of all the things wrong with this, what sticks out to me how he seemed to be offended when you put down your boundaries. I feel sorry for your sister and i would share this with her. If he behaves like this with his own family, it doesn’t bode well outside of it. Yeah, perhaps replying wasn’t the best idea but i cannot put myself in your position vis-a-vis your state of mind at the time but it doesn’t take away the lack of appropriateness of his comments.

It relates to stuk, which means broken in this context. It can also mean a piece. You could read it as (broken) into pieces.

In my opinion: imagine storing bunch of fruit and vegetables into a large skip and let it sit for months in hot sunlight. The smell is like the result. The amalgamation of strong plant based fermentation is so strong the nose associates it with cheese or garbage. The texture, again in my opinion is the only pleasant part of it; soft and creamy, and the flavour isn’t much better than the smell, albeit a bit sweeter.

German, as well as other germanic languages aside from English actually use verb second structure. True, that the main part sits at the end if there is an auxiliary verb. Example word for word translation would be: Tomorrow go I to school. Or Yesterday have I cake eaten. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/V2_word_order

I find this monologue amazing as it reveals so much about someone with narcissistic personality only that the character has more self awareness than the typical narcissist.

I’d have some ideas but I wouldn’t spoil other attempts. Also I just quickly typed it out, spelling and grammar be damned.

Gustavo was stuck and he tried to push past his anxiety arising from the lack of direction on what actions to take. Realising the incompatible between his competance and the challenge before him would make him chuckle, were it not for being in such danger. As he focused he became aware of a buzzing sensation. He and the beast locked eye contact. The buzz became overwhelming, electrifying, and he only could give in to it. He sensed some pattern emerging, as if his ears would pick out a sound, not unlike seeing ships or elephants in clouds. As if he was spoken to from within a dream he was sure he could hear the monster say “help us help us help us” to him. Not saying, but screaming. Each iteration more clear and more panic inducing. Abruptly the buzzing stopped and the troll turned around, running down the hall away from him.

What happens if you replace the last break in main() with exit()?

You seem to be in a state of crisis. The Internet mightn’t be the best place to reach out for support, but support is what you need. Check in your location for a free help line (perhaps suicide hotline).

What other posters said, respond with the blinking. My son calls them eye kisses. It shows trust. In case you’re unfamiliar: you look at her and slowly close your eyes for a second. She might mirror it. Facing a fierce predator such as the one you pictured and confronting it willingly blinded, even for a second, takes courage. She’ll honour it most likely. Also food and clean water, preferably placed in separate locations.