Empathy
I am doing a terrible thing and hotlinking yesterday's Penny Arcade.
And Mike talks about embarking on his own Adventures in Psychiatry in his blog entry, here.
And I post it here specifically to note that I kind of wish I actually knew Mike Krahulik -- or had even had the opportunity/guts to walk up and introduce myself to him and/or Jerry at PAX last year -- because I relate, and I'd like to tell him I relate... but there are probably eight gazillion goobery fans bombarding him with e-mails as it is... and if the way he endured being the center of that kind of attention at PAX is any indication, I don't need to add to the anonymous stack. Probably especially under the circumstances.
I wish him luck, is all I can say. I hope Jerry and Kara are being supportive... it looks like Jerry's trying, even if he doesn't Get It (and I'm not sure he doesn't), and that's all anyone can really ask for.
And I was thinking about it already, but it's helped bolster my resolve: after putting it off for months (and subjecting craymore and kids to all sorts of unpleasant swings during that time), I'm gonna make some calls this week, with the goal of getting back on Paxil and back into therapy. It'll be good for me and for the people around me.
And Mike talks about embarking on his own Adventures in Psychiatry in his blog entry, here.
And I post it here specifically to note that I kind of wish I actually knew Mike Krahulik -- or had even had the opportunity/guts to walk up and introduce myself to him and/or Jerry at PAX last year -- because I relate, and I'd like to tell him I relate... but there are probably eight gazillion goobery fans bombarding him with e-mails as it is... and if the way he endured being the center of that kind of attention at PAX is any indication, I don't need to add to the anonymous stack. Probably especially under the circumstances.
I wish him luck, is all I can say. I hope Jerry and Kara are being supportive... it looks like Jerry's trying, even if he doesn't Get It (and I'm not sure he doesn't), and that's all anyone can really ask for.
And I was thinking about it already, but it's helped bolster my resolve: after putting it off for months (and subjecting craymore and kids to all sorts of unpleasant swings during that time), I'm gonna make some calls this week, with the goal of getting back on Paxil and back into therapy. It'll be good for me and for the people around me.