Comments | templemarker: this isn't meant to be depressing. but I suspect it is.

templemarker

this isn't meant to be depressing. but I suspect it is.

Jun 15, 2011 20:12

So here's a little piece of characterization for folks that write John Watson, or Greg House, or Marcus Aquila, or any characters with consistent, variable-strength pain ( Read more... )

real world pdx

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mementis June 16 2011, 03:38:45 UTC

:( :( I was in that space with something hereditary for about 20 years. You speak the utter truth. And if this is you, yourself, I am so sorry to hear it. /hugs

templemarker June 16 2011, 04:50:05 UTC

It is. Sigh.

dine June 16 2011, 05:18:23 UTC

you speak a very sad (and little understood) truth.

shadowspinner June 16 2011, 07:09:29 UTC

Yes! That is it exactly. You put it so much better than I ever have when trying to explain it to people.

ilovetakahana June 16 2011, 09:10:28 UTC

Absolute truth. Every single word of it. And you have my sympathies.

lakeeffectgirl June 16 2011, 15:50:03 UTC

I can definitely speak to the part about compensating for the malfunction of your body - I walk with a limp, and I didn't even notice it until someone pointed it out to me. Unless I'm tired or the weather is such that it makes it worse (hi, freezing temperatures, I love you!), I don't even think about it.