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Comment from: Goals for 2023
solarwinds14931~1Y
Hi Tobias! I’m a fellow INFJ. I was inspired to post by the first poster.
I love your idea for resolutions (the specific and concrete goals to accomplish), I’ll have to borrow and try it.
Similarly I had played Mardek in my teens with my brother. I’d gotten into RPGs as a way of coping, after moving from a different country. Mardek was one of my positive experiences. (Another game I was inspired by was Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door) I seemed always to gravitate towards Fantasy and RPGs.

I cannot stress the benefits of finding a therapist who you get along with. They’ve been doing assessments since I started my recovery from mental health. (I ended up having a breakdown several years back) A generalized anxiety/depression scale showed that several years of being consistent have helped to diminish my depression score. It’s not linear but it used to be twice as bad as it is at the moment.
If it is hard making the initial phone call perhaps it would help breaking it up into smaller steps? When I used to be more socially anxious I had a hard time going to my college gym. I don’t really go to the gym at the moment, but I wouldn’t have anxiety now if I were to do it. I don’t want to seem patronizing, but just talking with someone and creating actionable steps, helped to make it turn into a reality. (It really was not as bad as I was thinking and there were other people who weren’t amazingly fit. I didn’t know that as I was stuck in the mindset of that anxiety. I wasn’t seeing the bigger picture.)

Data is your friend as you shared you had a way of tracking things like your moods over time. I like the idea of tracking if there are any keywords or specific behaviors you do that you aren’t sure about but might like to change. If it helps this might be something you could bring up with your therapist also (though they might need to be versed in technology to understand).

I also can really resonate with your mental health journey. I haven’t had cancer but I’ve had serious mental health. I didn’t mean for this to be so centered upon therapy lol.
I have to admit, I wasn’t sure about Atonal Dreams when I first heard about it. I’m really interested in seeing any of your work. I hope that you have a more positive experience compared with your experiences working on MARDEK.

Best wishes and hoping for a good 2023!
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