Getting better!
Good news, everyone!
Again, as I’m sure many of you know, I’ve been attending therapy sessions to improve my self-confidence and alleviate my anxiety. I’m pleased to say that the therapy has really helped me; I’ve never believed more in myself in my entire life. I’m able to recognise my own achievements, give value to them, to recognise the positive qualities I possess and to realise that yes, someone out there might in fact find those qualities and me attractive. I strongly urge anyone experiencing periods of low mood, anxiety and frustration to seek help from their GP as soon as possible; I certainly don’t miss those times where I’d sit here, all alone and depressed.
It’s not a magic process by any stretch of the imagination. It’s taken a lot of hard work, introspection and time to improve, and it’s something I’m going to have to continue working on. However, I’ve improved sufficiently that I’ll be able to stop having these sessions. I’ll certainly miss having someone to talk to candidly about my fears, my concerns, my irrationalities, and of course more recently my successes and my positive thoughts. But I’ll be glad to have been deemed well again, to have recovered my confidence enough to function without help.
It’s good to feel great again 🙂 And I know that with all that I’ve learned, I’ll carry on being fine from now on. Sure, I’ll have some low points along the way, but I’ll be able to weather them, and to enjoy my successes a little more from now on.
Who knows? Maybe soon I’ll be enjoying a little more success. And that would make me very happy indeed 🙂 But I shan’t get ahead of myself, here. Small steps!
M.
Glad to know you doing better. Anyway we haven’t seen Gipsy in awhile, heck she seems to have vanished from the comic. Also did Sko tell anyone that she was going to be gone for a few days because if not King has probably sent a searched team or two by now.
I agree, I’ve not used Gipsy in quite a while which is a shame, because she’s quite a good character to write; I view her somewhat as Shanna-lite, but she tends towards the insecure side of the personality scale than the aggressive and angry. She has a very important role to play in a few storylines’ time, one that will really flesh out her character complexities. I might drop her into the next story arc, though, so that people don’t forget about her!
As for SKO’s absence, we can probably assume one or more of the following:
– She’s gotten leave to pursue personal matters (unlikely)
– She’s a Captain, and probably has a little more freedom in carrying out her duties and the way in which she does so (slightly less unlikely)
– Capt. Dr. Wehrner is covering for her, under the guise of carrying out cleanup after the incident at the storage site (more likely)
– King is just really horrible at keeping track of his subordinates and family (canonically not true, but let’s face it: He appears to have failed to notice that his own teenage daughter, the daughter of a high-ranking noble who is a high-ranking noble herself and an infantryman wandered off for like, a week to the realm of the frickin fairies! Strictly speaking though, they were probably disciplined (firmly but lovingly) upon their return to base; It’s likely that news of Fliss’ return would have pleased King enough to show leniency. In SKO’s case, I think he knows, no matter what excuse she’s given him, but he’s acutely aware that he can’t really DO much to stop her nor would she accept any help; She feels very strongly that the deaths of the guard squad are her responsibility, and is more than capable of handling herself anyway. He may very well be keeping tabs on her, though…)
M.