In Part Three, Shingo Takagi confronted both his duties as World Heavyweight Champion and member of Los Ingobernables de Japon, proceeding to right the wrongs of his first reign by winning the January 4 main event against Tetsuya Naito to squash their beef and become co-leaders. With PAC shockingly joining the group after having gone on a crusade against them, they seemed stronger than ever, all except for Shingo's neck. Feeling the weight of CHAOS crushing it, it took both Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi to bring him to his knees, the Ace of the Universe back to his rightful spot after 5 years, restoring CHAOS’s purist regime. Ending off on keeping the riches from blood rival Katsuyori Shibata yet again, he now awaits the arrival of the 2024 New Japan Cup Winner...
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New Japan Cup Finals (March 28, 2024)
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“ZACK SABRE JR. HAS PAC IN HYPERNORMALISATION! PAC SUBMITS! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOR THE THIRD TIME IN HISTORY OUR NEW JAPAN CUP WINNER IS ZSJ!” After two failed attempts to translate his cup success into gold, the Bone Master has another chance to fulfil his career’s greatest goal. And out walks the man he beat in the 2018 Finals for his first win, the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, Hiroshi Tanahashi! One of Zack’s biggest rivals since coming to Japan, and one that’s had his number more time than he’s had theirs, he must beat the godly Ace of the Universe if he wishes to claim his first piece of IWGP-commissioned singles gold!
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The stage set for Sakura Genesis, Sabre makes sure to rub in everyone’s faces the premonition he laid down at New Year’s Dash. He said to LIJ he’d be back for the title, and after beating one of their men, he’s made good on his claims. And now, he’s going to make ‘God’ bow to him, whether he wants to or not. When asked for his opinion on the challenger, Tanahashi says he’s amused by how earnestly the Windy Man’s tried to become a New Japan guy, moving his entire life to Japan in pursuit of the top prize. Whilst that dedication may be admirable, it’ll be for nought, Zack just another visitor to his grand kingdom, CHAOS remaining Sabre’s white whale at the end of every NJC journey.
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Sakura Genesis (April 7, 2024)
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Also on the show:
United Empire (Will Ospreay, Great-O-Khan, Aaron Henare) (c) vs Just6Guys (SANADA, Taichi, Ryohei Oiwa) - NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
YOH (c) vs El Desperado - IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship
TMDK (c) vs Bishamon - IWGP Tag Team Championship
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Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs Zack Sabre Jr. XI - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
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They say third time’s the charm, but that remains to be seen in Sabre’s case. Sabre-Gun with mixed successes throughout the night, El Desperado coming up short whilst TMDK kept their gold, it’s up to their leader to set an example for his group. Popping his collar, he steels his gaze on the championship as Tanahashi makes his entrance, Zack blocking out the surrounding world. Despite channelling the controversial words of the polarising Okada for the past year, Hiroshi still has Ryogoku in the palm of his hands, remaining the people’s favourite no matter the shade of grey he envelops himself in. Back to his pomp and circumstance, he gives ZSJ the full show of what a true star looks like, ready to bring Sabre back down to reality.
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It's a methodical opening from the two talented grapplers, Tanahashi standing toe-to-toe with the best technical wrestler in the world with merely his sheer aura. Sabre shoots for an early Article 50, but Tana sidesteps him into the ropes, before condescendingly patting him on the cheek! Zack retaliates with a forearm, knocking Tana to the mat, a deluge of stomps raining down on his face as the Hiroshi tries to cover up!
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Escaping to the ropes, Sabre charges at him with a EUROPEAN UPPERCUT! Tana evades, connecting a DRAGON-STYLE HARITE, slapping respect into the challenger! Incensed, Sabre leaves a mark with a stinging slap of his own, before nailing a chain of Uppercuts! Tana fights back for a TWIST AND SHOUT, though Sabre counters with a FLATLINER! A High-Angle German is stuffed, Zack decked with an ALL OUT and a MIDDLE-ROPE SENTON BOMB! ONE! TWO! THR-KICK OUT!
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Tana guns for the leg like he did Shibata, but a Feint Roundhouse into a Legsweep from ZSJ floors him! AND A NECK TWIST!!! With Hiroshi distracted by his neck, Sabre immediately switches for the legs, applying SUNDAY RAIL ENGINEERING WORKS REPLACEMENT BUS SERVICE!!! Tana’s quick to make the ropes, though has to physically pull himself to the apron when Sabre doesn’t release! No breather for him, Zack hooks his leg in the ropes and connects a DRAGON SCREW!
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Tana receiving a taste of his own medicine, Sabre slides out and scores one directly on the apron, bashing Hiroshi’s leg into the hardest part of the ring! He attempts to Irish Whip Tanahashi into the ring post, but the Once in a Century Talent nails a SLING BLADE ON THE APRON! DRAGON SUPLEX TO THE FLOOR!!! Playing the starpower card, Tana poses with a grin as the cameras catch a shot of Sabre beneath him. He doesn’t notice Zack’s little twitches though, committing to a HIGH FLY FLOW TO THE OUTSIDE!!! A POSSUM SABRE PUSHES HIM MID-AIR ONTO THE BARRICADE!!!
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As Tokyo gasps, it’s academic from Sabre as he threads Tana’s leg through a steel chair, PILMANISING IT!!! Evidence long discarded by the time the referee walks over, he wraps Hiroshi’s leg around the steel post, using it to apply a SASORI-GATAME!!! Tana lets out shouts of agony, Zack milking the suffering as Hiroshi begs the referee to get the challenger to stop. Eventually letting go, he forces Tanahashi to walk himself back into the spider’s web, a SPRINGBOARD ENZUIGIRI awaiting! BRIDGING NORTHERN LIGHTS SUPLEX! ONE! TWO! THR-KICK OUT!
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Swivelling into a KNEEBAR now, he rolls around with Tana’s leg in his grasp, countering Hiroshi’s each attempts at escape, before going for the SELECTED TECHNICAL WORKS VOL. 2 combination, but Tana stacks his shoulders up! ONE! TWO! THR-NO LUCK! Forced to release to kick out, he scrambles to his feet to batter Hiroshi with a elbows, a DISCUS ELBOW SMASH staggering him, but a Pele Kick is caught, Tana nailing his own DRAGON SCREW!!!
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A TWIST AND SHOUT follows, before Tana wraps on the DRAGON SWING! Wrenching on the neck, he makes a good few rotations before suddenly dropping to a knee, his leg unable to hold up for too long. Going for a DRAGON SUPLEX, it’s blocked by a barrage of back elbows, though Hiroshi nails the DARUMA-SHIKI GERMAN INSTEAD!!! ONE! TWO! THR-SABRE KICKS OUT! Nursing his neck, Sabre gets no reprieve as a HASE URANAGE spikes him, and a HIGH FLY ATTACK… IS CAUGHT IN AN ANKLE LOCK!!!
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Tana rolls through but Sabre rolls with him, though he can’t get the grapevine, Tana booting him off with the other leg! TWIST AND SHOUT! Sabre subdued, a SLING BLADE takes him down, a HIGH FLY FLOW FOLLOWING SUIT!!! ONE! TWO! THR-NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Tana rushes for a TEXAS CLOVERLEAF, putting the hurt on Zack’s legs now! The Submission Master searches for escapes yet Hiroshi commits his everything to this move, not letting him free for the life of him! That is, until his own leg gives way! Grounded, he can’t stop a PENALTY KICK!!! AND A ZACK DRIVER!!! ONE! TWO! THR-TANA STAYS ALIVE!!!
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Ragdolling Hiroshi with a pair of Double Underhook Suplexes, Zack puts Tana in a prone position to stomp the insides of the knees, before applying a CALF SLICER!!! Yet again, the Ace of the Universe is in trouble, his condition deteriorating with each submission. Knowing he needs to change that and fast… HE GRABS ZACK’S SKULL AND RAMS IT INTO THE MAT REPEATEDLY TO BREAK!!! Gears turning in his mind from Sabre’s tribute, HE GETS HIM UP FOR A STYLES CLASH!!! ONE! TWO! THR-SABRE SURVIVES!!!
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Connecting a SLING BLADE, he dumps Zack with a DRAGON SUPLEX! ZACK RESPONDS WITH ONE OF HIS OWN! Open palm strikes from Tana light up Zack, only for him to wring out the arm for a PELE KICK!!! Sabre teases a Legsweep, but Hiroshi hops over this time and nails a GROUNDED HIGH FLY FLOW!!! Air driven out of ZSJ’s lungs, Tana hoists him up… AND NAILS A TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER!!! SHADES OF OKADA!!! The CHAOS Leader beating him like this both past Sakura Geneses, it’s going to happen again!
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Scaling the ropes, Tana crashes down with a HIGH FLY FLOWWWWWWWWWW!!! But he’s not done! Wanting to make an example out of Sabre, he takes his time posing atop the world like the star he is… BUT IT ALLOWS ZACK TO RECOVER, GRABBING HIS LEG!!! Hammering the knee before Tana has a chance to respond, he yanks him off… RUNNING LIGER BOMB!!! ONE! TWO! THR-KICK OUT!!! STRAIGHT INTO CLARKY CAT BAD BALLOON REMIX!!! Folding Tana’s leg over his shoulder, he utterly destroys the geriatric knees over the champion, who wails in agony, doing anything he can to break free… BUT HE’S TOO FAR FROM THE ROPES!!! TANAHASHI TAPS OUT!!! THIRD TIME’S THE CHARM – ZSJ’S THE NEW KING OF NEW JAPAN!!!
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Zack Sabre Jr. def. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (30:23)
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Cutting Tanahashi’s reign brutally short, Sabre-Gun has claimed its spot on the throne! Raising up both his trophy and championship, he’s lifted onto TMDK’s shoulders, the three men flaunting their gold to the world as the remainder of the stable joins them! Tana shell-shocked, he hangs his head in shame and despair as he limps off, Ryogoku the first of many dark days for NJPW…
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As the new monarch, Sabre’s first order of business is simple – kill off his counterpart. And by that he means the man who successfully defended the title against him last year, Will Ospreay. Though he may hold the title, jealousy courses through ZSJ’s veins knowing the Commonwealth Kingpin’s considered the company’s top gaijin despite Zack’s superior record over him. Wanting to change that, he calls out Ospreay, who’s fresh off dropping the NEVER 6-Man Titles to Just6Guys, having had quite the identity crisis since having the WK main event taken from him. Eager at the chance at a do-over, he accepts without hesitation.
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Wrestling Hinokuni (April 27, 2024)
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Sabre-Gun (Zack Sabre Jr. & TMDK) vs United Empire (Will Ospreay & Aussie Open)
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Whilst Sabre and Ospreay have kept their distance since their Royal Quest match, the same can’t be said about the greater stables. World Tag League Winners TMDK taking Aussie Open’s IWGP Tag Team Championship at Wrestle Kingdom and United Empire successfully defending the NEVER Titles against Sabre-Gun at the Anniversary Show, this conclusion was only inevitable. Aussie Open also wanting a chance to get their titles back, they team with Ospreay here against the champion unit, the Commonwealth Nations going to war for supremacy.
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Unlike Royal Quest, Sabre’s notably a lot surer of himself against Will here, no longer compensating by matching his striking game, rather trying to make Ospreay play his game instead. However, even with Zack being in his best possible form, SG falters against UE once more, the Coriolis to Mikey Nicholls setting the stage for Wrestling Dontaku! Zack grits his teeth as much like Tanahashi, Ospreay looks down on him.
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United Empire def. Sabre-Gun (17:34)
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Wrestling Dontaku (May 4, 2024)
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Also on the show:
Ren Narita (c) vs Shota Umino - NEVER Openweight Championship
Taichi (c) vs Hiromu Takahashi - NJPW World Television Championship
YOH (c) vs Robbie Eagles - IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship
KENTA (c) vs PAC - IWGP United States Championship
TMDK (c) vs Aussie Open - IWGP Tag Team Championship
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Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs Will Ospreay XVII - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
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A rivalry extending back an entire decade to the UK Indies, the spot for best British wrestler in the world has long been contested between these two. Back at it again, it’s time they settle the score once more. Ospreay strides out comfortably, having been in this position plenty of times by now as a potentially soon-to-be 3x World Champion, this his domain. As for Sabre, it’s his first time defending a title of this magnitude, pressure clearly weighing on his shoulders, but taking a deep breath, he prepares himself for victory just like TMDK earlier in the night.
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As the bell rings… Ospreay explodes for a DROPKICK right away – shades of NJC 2021! Zack fishes the leg out the air and applies an ANKLE LOCK, LOOKING TO TAP HIM OUT WITHIN THE FIRST FEW SECONDS OF THE MATCH! Alarmed, Ospreay thrashes with kicks from his free leg to force Sabre off, rolling to the outside to recollect himself! Sabre doesn’t let him though, nailing a Baseball Slide Dropkick, before tossing him back in and wrangling the leg again!
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A roll shakes him off, a HOOK KICK following, AND AN OSCUTTER! Sabre stops it though, countering with a SNAP DRAGON SUPLEX! Will rotates through to his feet and soars for a STANDING SHOOTING STAR PRESS, but again Zack dodges! BOW & ARROW ATTEMPT! Will flips into a cover, Zack kicking out instantly! Ospreay handsprings off the ropes, teasing his signature Enzuigiri, Sabre grasping the leg mid-air, but another follows, wrapping around his neck to twist through into a CROSS ARMBREAKER FROM WILL!
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Sabre gets the monkey grip, preventing full extension, BUT WILL BITES THE FINGERS TO FORCE HIM OFF, now getting the full stretch, yelling at the referee to ask Zack if he submits! Sabre refuses however, rolling onto his stomach to turn the hold over and stand up, getting his legs around Will’s neck to score a NECK TWIST, getting him to release!
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Zack knowing it to be a sore spot, he gets rallying with European Uppercuts to rock it like a bobblehead, before leaping into a GUILLOTINE CHOKE! Zack tightens his grip around Will’s neck, but a BUCKLE EXPLODER SUPLEX loosens it again as Sabre’s left dangling in a Tree of Woe! Ospreay sits cross-legged in front of him and SMASHES HIS NOSE WITH FOREARMS, busting a defenceless Zack open! Fish-hooking the nose, Will shakes his head about and lets crimson droplets paint the surroundings like a psychopathic Bob Ross, before letting go, cackling.
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He heads to the top rope, but Zack meets him there, pulling himself up using his core strength and crotching Will on the neighbouring rope! The two face-to-face again, Zack sitting on the turnbuckle and Will on the rope, they trade forearms, blood continuing to leak down Sabre’s face, but he doesn’t care, INSTEAD GRABBING WILL’S LEG TO SUSPEND HIM UPSIDE-DOWN WITH A HANGING SUNDAY RAIL ENGINEERING WORKS REPLACEMENT BUS SERVICE!!!
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Will’s in sheer agony as Sabre contorts his limb, but he’s saved by the referee’s count, Sabre forced to let go, Ospreay slumping to the apron. Zack turns to face the apron as he collects his wits and catches his breath, whilst Will nurses his leg, being checked on by the referee to make sure he’s good to continue, hopping to his base. Sabre settles down on the apron behind Will, grabbing him from behind, TESTING AN APRON TIGER SUPLEX!
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Ospreay smashes the nose with a rear headbutt to ward him off! AND HE SPRINGS OFF ONE LEG TO DROP SABRE WITH AN APRON OSCUTTER, BOTH MEN SPILLING TO THE FLOOR!!! The referee starts their count as both lay still, no sign of movement as the 10 count nears. Reaching 12 now, they finally begin to stir, getting on all fours… 13… 14… 15… OSPREAY’S LEG GIVES OUT! 16… 17… 18… BOTH MEN MAKE ONE LAST PUSH, SABRE SHOVING HIMSELF INSIDE THE RING BY 19, WHILST OSPREAY PULLS HIMSELF UP ONTO THE APRON AND SPRINGS OFF ONE LEG ON THE ROPES FOR A PIP PIP CHEERIO!!! ONE! TWO! THR-KICK OUT!!!
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Coming down hard on the leg though, Ospreay writhes in pain, but with Zack down, he pulls himself up with every last bit of energy he has up for STORM BREAKER… ZACK WITH AN OCTOPUS HOLD!!! Will immediately rams him into the turnbuckle until he lets up, Sabre instead sliding down his back like a bird hitting a window, OSPREAY COLLECTING HIM TO NAIL A HITODENASHI DRIVER!!! ONE! TWO! THR-NOOOOOOOO!!!
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Will shouts in frustration, having jammed the leg on the landing. Feeling victory nigh though, he preps the HIDDEN BLADE!!! SABRE SPINS AROUND AND COUNTERS WITH A ZACK DRIVER!!! ONE! TWO! THR-NO DICE!!! PENTALTY KICK! ANOTHER COVER!!! ONE! TWO! THR-STILL NO LUCK!!! NOW A NUMERO DOS A LA DESPERADO!!! Ospreay screams as Sabre tears the leg in half, Will dancing around in search of reprieve, until a FRANKENSTEINER stands ZSJ on his dome! BRAINBUSTER FOLLOWS!
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Sabre rocked, Ospreay cracks the CHELSEA GRIN against his neck, before connecting the HIDDEN BLADE!!! ONE! TWO! THR-ZACK’S STILL IN IT!!! Will’s leg is falling apart as he stumbles back into the corner to try for seconds, losing balance and collapsing before he can reach his target! EUROPEAN CLUTCH FROM ZACK!!! ONE! TWO! THR-OSPREAY SURVIVES!!! BUT A PENALTY KICK TO THE SKULL! AND STRAIGHT INTO ORIENTEERING WITH NAPALM DEATH!!! OSPREAY THRASHES LIKE A MADMAN, FEELING HIS LIGAMENTS ON THE VERGE OF TEARING… AND HE TAPS!!!
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Zack Sabre Jr. (c) def. Will Ospreay to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (34:18)
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One more for the bad guys. Commonwealth Kingpin at his mercy, Ospreay a mess as he scrambles off, Zack’s the new Top Gaijin in town. Raising his title high from the turnbuckles, he juices every last drop out his victory, this moment perfect to him… or not. OH MY GOD IT’S MINORU SUZUKI!!! Any bit of colour that remains on ZSJ’s pale face drains off as the King’s music rings through Fukuoka, but there’s no sign of the man- WAIT, SABRE’S SPUN AROUND! KICK TO THE GUT – GOTCH-STYLE PILEDRIVER!!! HE’S HERE!!! Placing a boot on Zack’s chest, Suzuki holds the World Title high over his former stablemate’s body!
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The ending of Dontaku has Japan buzzing as they question the true motive of Suzuki’s attack, and after an extended silence, the King sets the record straight. 1 ½ years ago, Suzuki-Gun was dissolved, and ever since, Sabre’s been writing checks with his mouth that he can’t cash. He walks around with the World Title like he’s the reason he even received recognition in NJPW in the first place. Suzuki gave him a home beside him, and as rapidly as he elevated Sabre, he can take it all away from him just as fast. He’s getting old and is still missing the final piece to the Japanese Triple Crown, so he plans to take that from Zack.
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Sabre doesn’t take too kindly to these words, letting his actions speak for himself as he ASSAULTS SUZUKI on a Road To Dontaku show! Bringing Sabre-Gun with him, they brutalise the legend, before Zack plants his group’s flag on Suzuki’s chest! Mocking him for having no allies the next night, declaring Suzuki’s era of relevance to be long gone… this plays. SUZUKI’S HERE, AND HE’S NOT ALONE! IT’S JUST6GUYS!!! Racing to the ring, the two factions erupt in a massive brawl, bodies flying left and right! Sabre tries for a quick getaway but he’s stopped by Minoru, who gives him a devilish snarl before clobbering him with forearms until Sabre-Gun’s sent packing through the crowd, Zack yelling expletives at Suzuki as he retreats!
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Back to Yokohama Arena (May 16, 2024)
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Sabre-Gun (Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado & TMDK) vs Minoru Suzuki & Just3Guys (Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, DOUKI)
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With Sabre-Gun and Just6Guys feuding ever since their respective formations, switching between silent competitive warfare of racking up belts to fighting each other, notably the Sabre/Taichi saga, it all fully comes to a head in Suzuki’s home of Yokohama! With full freedom to destroy each other however they please, the two factions don’t hold back one bit, with Suzuki especially targeting ZSJ. He’s unable to give him grief the way he wishes to though, Zack tactfully hiding behind his partners until he can blindside Minoru, before scramming again. Ultimately, it’s Minoru putting Desperado away with the GOTCH PILEDRIVER, before signalling to Sabre that time’s running out for him, Suzuki to get his hands on him too soon enough!
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Minoru Suzuki & J6G def. Sabre-Gun (15:03)
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As much as Sabre tries to deny it, that day only speeds closer with each accusation of cowardice against the prideful champion’s name, the world questioning whether he’s afraid of Suzuki. Adamant to silence his doubters, he finally accepts Suzuki’s title challenge, setting the stage for Dominion, though promising he won’t have a career to go back to when Sabre’s done with him!
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Dominion 6.2 (June 2, 2024)
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Also on the show:
YOH (c) vs SHO - IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
Just2Guys (c) vs Sabre-Gun (Blake Christian & Clark Connors) - IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship
TMDK (c) vs The Lucha Brothers - IWGP Tag Team Championship
PAC (c) vs Katsuyori Shibata - IWGP United States Championship
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Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs Minoru Suzuki - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
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With Sabre-Gun beating Just6Guys earlier in the night, this war’s already at its boiling point by the time the main event arrives, Suzuki opting to enter second as Zack steps out- CRACK! STEEL CHAIR TO SABRE’S SPINE!!! Suzuki isn’t wasting even a second here, tearing the jacket off Sabre’s back before bending the steel over his spine! The Windy Man desperately tries to crawl away to the ring, but Suzuki steps on his ankle to stop him! Turning him around to meet his maker, MINORU GOES FOR A GOTCH PILEDRIVER ON THE CHAIR!!! LOW BLOW FROM SABRE TO COUNTER!!!
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Suzuki drops to his knees as Osaka boos the smarmy champion, ZSJ now battering the King’s back, before finally sliding him in to get the match started! PENALTY KICK RIGHT AWAY!!! ONE! TWO! THR-KICK OUT!!! Sabre wrenches in a CLARKY CAT, working the arm as Suzuki writhes under him, but it’s not long before Minoru stands up out of it, hurling ZSJ to the mat! Booting him in the jaw, Suzuki backs him into the corner and tears into him with open palm strikes! He winds up a CORNER DROPKICK, but Sabre evades, blasting him with a rapid barrage of European Uppercuts against the turnbuckle!
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Zack taking the run-up now, Suzuki bucks him over the ropes to the apron, SABRE BLASTING A THUMB IN HIS EYE! Minoru blinded, Zack leaps up for a SPRINGBOARD ENZUIGIRI- SUZUKI BLOCKS WITH A WILD SLAP TO THE CHEEK!!! Sabre stiffed, Suzuki applies a HANGING JUJI-GATAME FROM THE ROPES!!! Zack screams in agony as Minoru damn near rips his arm out the socket, the referee’s count the only thing keeping him from going!
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Releasing, Sabre crumples to the floor, getting as far as he possibly can from Suzuki, though he’s not fast enough, Suzuki nailing a GOAL KICK to his skull from the apron! Grabbing Sabre, he HURLS him into the guardrail with it shoulder-first, the velocity sending Zack through! As he goes to collect his prey though, SABRE TOSSES A CHAIR AT HIS SKULL!!! Threading Suzuki’s arm through it, SABRE STOMPS THE ELBOW!!! AND AN ARTICLE 50!!!
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Sabre abuses the legend, but he forgets about the other arm, Suzuki slapping his head in with it until Zack releases! Shaking off the arm, a BACK BODY DROP sends Sabre crashing back to ringside, Minoru following after him as ZSJ slinks inside the ring. Zack beats him to his feet though, stomping a hole through the mat with Suzuki’s skull, dribbling it! He cracks a ROLLING ELBOW off the skull, but Minoru walks through it, glaring at Sabre! Throwing an elbow of his own, it gets caught, Zack scoring the PELE KICK to the arm!
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AND A KIMURA LOCK!!! Sabre brutally rips at the arm, bringing Suzuki to his knees from the pain even, but Minoru pins his shoulders to the mat! ONE! TWO! THR-SABRE RELEASES TO KICK OUT! As Zack rolls to his feet, a SHOTGUN DROPKICK awaits him! Suzuki clobbers him with slaps to the face, Sabre seeing stars as one knocks him clean off his feet! Turning to the turnbuckle… SUZUKI RIPS IT OFF!!! Steel exposed, he teases a SNAP SUPLEX INTO THE CORNER!!! SABRE COUNTERS WITH A BRAINBUSTER ON THE MAT!!! GUILLOTINE CHOKE!!!
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Draining the life out of Suzuki, Sabre presses on the carotid artery, Minoru is deep trouble! BUT NOW THE KING BITES ON ZSJ’S FINGERS!!! Zack yelps and releases, allowing Suzuki to secure his wrists and STOMP HIS HEAD IN!!! Sabre catches a boot and applies SUNDAY RAIL ENGINEERING WORKS REPLACEMENT BUS SERVICE!!! ZSJ tortures Suzuki’s leg, though in doing so leaves his arm exposed, Minoru yanking off his grip and countering into HIS OWN HEEL HOOK!!!
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Sabre desperately tries the same counter, but Suzuki’s grip is too tight to break, forcing Zack to roll to the ropes! SUZUKI ISN’T LETTING GO! Crawling on his hands, Sabre pulls himself to the floor and WHIPLASHES MINORU’S NECK OFF THE BOTTOM ROPE!!! Staggering about ringside on one foot, he grabs his title and rolls back in! Suzuki struggling up, Sabre tries to deck him with the belt… but the referee grabs it from behind! A tug-of-war ends in SUZUKI KNOCKING THE BELT INTO THE REF WITH AN ENZUIGIRI!
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Both men hitting the deck, Minoru rocks ZSJ with a Dropkick! GOTCH PILEDRIVER ONTO THE TITLE!!! But there’s no one to count! Pissed, Suzuki limps out and abuses a couple young lions, before picking one out the crowd to toss in the ring, ripping the referee’s shirt off and telling the lion to put it on! SUZUKI COVERS! ONE! TWO! THR-NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Even more livid, HE DECKS THIS LION TOO! Turning back to Zack, he notices the champion feebly reaching for the belt! Kicking it out the ring, Suzuki goes for another GOTCH PILEDRIVER!!! BACK BODY DROP COUNTER!!!
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Still hurting, Sabre struggles to get a rally of strikes going, Suzuki meeting him blow for blow! BUT SABRE WHIPS THE SHOULDER INTO THE MAT! Minoru stunned, sadistic thoughts run through Sabre’s mind… TIGER SUPLEX INTO THE EXPOSED STEEL!!! AND A RUNNING LIGER BOMB – ONE OF SUZUKI’S RIVALS MOVES!!! THE REFEREE’S BACK TO CONSCIOUSNESS! NOT LIKE THIS! ONE! TWO! THR-NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
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Sabre’s exasperated, thinking he had it! Running out of options, he teases a ZACK DRIVER, but Suzuki slips behind and applies the SLEEPER HOLD!!! Sabre’s quickly fading, frantically trying to tear the bad arm off, but Minoru doesn’t budge, shoving ZSJ to the mat for the PENALTY KICK!!! ONE! TWO! THR-ZACK KICKS OUT!!! Suzuki grabs Sabre by the chin, demanding him to strike Minoru if he thinks he’s so tough, ZSJ doing his best, but Suzuki eats it and returns a HARD SLAP! SLEEPER SUPLEX!!!
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Tossing Sabre to the apron, Minoru steps onto the middle rope and cinches in an ELEVATED SLEEPER!!! Zack dangles in the air, unable to find his footing to escape, Suzuki lifting him higher and higher! Blood rushing to his legs, he needs to act fast, attacking the elbow again until the hold is finally slightly loosened! Leaning forwards, he pulls Suzuki his direction, allowing him to lower his feet onto the apron… YANKING SUZUKI INTO AN APRON ZACK DRIVER!!!
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Sabre coughs up a lung as he kicks Minoru’s corpse back in, before lining up a PENALTY KICK!!! ONE! TWO! THR-SUZUKI’S ALIVE!!! Zack’s stunned as he comes face-to-face with Suzuki’s sneer, Minoru still having enough in him to throw slaps! Sabre returning Uppercuts, they go blow-for-blow until Zack collapses first, though he’s playing possum, HEADBUTTING THE SHOULDER as the King tries to grab him! He goes for YOU CAN’T PLAY CONKERS IN ENGLAND, though he’s immediately tossed down, SUZUKI NAILING A PENALTY KICK!!!
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Winding up, Minoru goes for one more… ZACK SLAPS HIS HEAD OFF HIS SHOULDERS!!! Putting the head between his legs, HE NAILS A GOTCH PILEDRIVER!!! Suzuki collapses in position for a PENALTY KICK!!! AND NOW SABRE CINCHES IT IN – HURRAH! ANOTHER YEAR, SURELY THIS ONE WILL BE BETTER THAN THE LAST; THE INEXORABLE MARCH OF PROGRESS WILL LEAD US ALL TO HAPPINESS!!! Suzuki grits his teeth, trying to fight through it, Sabre keeping his eyes on his hands to see the tap… NOWHERE TO GO, MINORU FLIPS HIM OFF WITH BOTH HANDS AND VERBALLY SUBMITS!!!
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Zack Sabre Jr. (c) def. Minoru Suzuki to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (32:50)
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Surviving one of the toughest matches of his career, Zack’s kingdom still lives, though barely. As he’s handed his title though, he chucks it aside, this about far more than the gold to him! SABRE STOMPS OUT SUZUKI!!! Signalling to the back, out rush Sabre-Gun, coming to Sabre’s aid to conduct a mugging on the legend! SUDDEN DEATH FROM ELP! PINCHE LOCO FROM DESPERADO! THUNDER VALLEY FROM TMDK! TANDEM JEEP FLIP/DROPKICK FROM BLAKE, CONNORS AND FUJITA! And now, it's Zack’s turn. Dragging him to the concrete… HE’S GOING FOR THE GOTCH PILEDRIVER!!! HE WANTS TO RETIRE SUZUKI FOR GOOD!!!
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BUT HERE COMES J6G!!! AND LANCE ARCHER TOO!!! Sabre tosses Suzuki aside to deal with the oncoming traffic, Taichi and co. putting up an honourable fight, but they’re still down a man, Sabre-Gun managing to retain their upper-hand, until… OH MY GOD, IT’S SUZUKI’S OLD TAG PARTNER NAOMICHI MARUFUJI!!! Sabre can’t even get a curse out before a KO-OH SMACKS HIM IN THE FACE!!! Marufuji beats on Zack to turn the tide, going for the POLE SHIFT, but Sabre manages to escape in the nick of time, Sabre-Gun once again sent on the retreat, the show closing on Marufuji helping Suzuki up!
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NJPW/AJPW/NOAH All Together Again (June 7, 2024)
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Zack Sabre Jr. vs Naomichi Marufuji
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After the events of Dominion, it’s only natural these two fight, long, long overdue a one-on-one since their NOAH days together! Fighting in Suzuki’s honour, Marufuji steps to the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion and it’s like 2016 all over again the way he utterly humbles Sabre to start like he’s facing Okada! A match of two halves, it goes from Naomichi giving ZSJ the biggest whooping of his life to Sabre brutally breaking down the legend, reminding him he’s 8 years too old to still be winning these sorts of matches. Though Maru gives Zack grief one more than one occasion, he meets his demise at the hands of a CREMATION LILY, Sabre spitting on Naomichi as he leaves, declaring himself untouchable!
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Zack Sabre Jr. def. Naomichi Marufuji (25:37)
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With his war on J6G and friends officially behind him, Sabre sets his sights on a show he has quite some history with. Losing to Claudio Castagnoli at the first Forbidden Door, before beating Katsuyori Shibata at the second to take both the NJPW TV and ROH Pure Titles to ALL IN to submit Danielson, there’s naturally only one direction for him to head…
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Dynamite (June 12, 2024)
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Racking another AEW International Championship defence under his belt, Wheeler YUTA is on top of the world, and as he’s approached by Tony Schiavone for a post-match comment… WHACK! IWGP WORLD TITLE TO THE BACK OF HIS HEAD!!! SABRE-GUN’S HERE!!! Mugging Blackpool Combat Club’s young gun like they did Suzuki, a SABRE DRIVER leaves him broken on the mat as Zack yells down the camera that he wants Moxley’s head at Forbidden Door, scurrying away before BCC can make the save!
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Collision (June 15, 2024)
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Zack Sabre Jr. vs Wheeler YUTA
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Off the back of Sabre’s assault on YUTA, a match is made between the two technically-gifted champions in a massive Collision main event! Though ZSJ’s far out his paygrade, an arrogant Wheeler does his best to knock off the Technical Wizard, impressing with a display of submissions he’s picked up from Danielson, before employing some of Claudio’s marquee athleticism and Mox’s grittiness. Never a fair match to begin with though, a TESCO MEAL DEAL cruelly silences YUTA!
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Zack Sabre Jr. def. Wheeler YUTA (10:12)
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Grabbing a mic, Zack runs down Moxley, reminding him how they were supposed to fight 4 years ago until the pandemic ruined that, Jon ducking him ever since. Now though, he’s the last member of BCC he needs to get through before he can shut up those babies too, so all he needs to know is if Jon is still afraid of him or not. And as Sabre awaits his response… HE RECEIVES IT IN THE FORM OF A PARADIGM SHIFT!!! Mox holds Zack’s title over his body, gaining some retribution for YUTA!
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AEWxNJPW Forbidden Door (June 23, 2024)
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Also on the show:
The Lucha Brothers (c) vs La Faccion Ingobernable (RUSH & Dralistico) - IWGP Tag Team Championship
PAC (c) vs Swerve Strickland - IWGP United States Championship
Tetsuya Naito vs Andrade El Idolo
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Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs Jon Moxley - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
The final showdown of a lengthy saga, Sabre makes his third defence against New Japan’s Ace, and it’s quite literally a bloody clinic, Mox showing zero fear in the face of the Top Gaijin, who looks to plant his flag over another territory. From a Paradigm Shift to the floor to a Zack Driver through a table, both men are busted open by the surroundings, the blood loss only helping Sabre’s case when he locks in the HYPERNORMALISATION, causing Mox to pass out! Alas, ZSJ stands atop BCC, but perhaps a more personal challenge yet awaits him…
Zack Sabre Jr. (c) def. Jon Moxley to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (23:20)

Are we ready for Storytime? Cool. Let's have a Storytime.
My personal medical & mental health odyssey, since 2001, has been dominated by a singular event. My LDS mission in Maracaibo Venezuela.
Before I dive into it, here is some basic info about Mania. Mania, is a state of being in an elevated high-energy mental state, typically for weeks or longer at a time. Hypomania, by contrast is when the same occurs for a lesser period of time, such as days.
While commonly associated with Bipolar disorder, Mania can in fact, be caused by other environmental factors. Environmental factors such as:

• High levels of stress
• Changes in sleep patterns or lack of sleep
• Using recreational drugs or alcohol
• Seasonal changes – for example, some people are more likely to experience hypomania and mania in spring
• A significant change in your life, such as moving house or going through a divorce
• Childbirth – see our page on postpartum psychosis for more information
• Loss or bereavement
• Trauma and abuse
• Difficult life conditions – for example, problems with money, housing or loneliness
• As a side effect of medication
• As a symptom of a physical illness or neurological condition
• Family history – if you have a family member who experiences bipolar moods, you are more likely to experience mania or hypomania

Anyone who's ever been on an LDS mission can tell you, that being a missionary checks off quite a few of those boxes. So with that in mind, my story can begin.
I am on the Autism spectrum & have ADHD. I was undiagnosed at the time, but needless to say, I didn't have a strong social toolkit for dealing with neurotypicals when I went on my mission. Compounding matters, was the fact that I was sent to the Spanish speaking Maracaibo Venezuela mission in 2001. So not only did I have crazy culture shock, but I was also forced to socialized with Neurotypical (NT) Utah elders, and had no idea on how to do so successfully, being an Neurodivergent (ND) from Northern New York.
So let's put a huge-ass check on "difficult life conditions" as yes, I was alone in a crowd, so to speak at the time. The mission itself expected us to be preaching about 60 hours a week, so we can definitely check off "High level of stress". Changes in sleep patterns? Super check. My MTC group had the honor of being the first group allowed to wake up at 6:30 AM rather than 6 AM. Seasonal changes? Super check. I'm from NNY. We have a 5 to 7-months of snowy weather per year. Maracaibo, on the other hand, has two seasons. "Hot summer" and "Hellish summer". Significant change in my life such as moving? I did that every few weeks as an elder. Extra super-duper check. Not to mention the whole culture shock thing. Loss or Bereavement? You betcha. I lost my entire world in one go. Trauma and abuse? Extra check. The mission itself is inherently abusive. High levels of stress? Goes without saying.
In other words, even in SNAFU conditions (Situation normal, all fucked up) missionary service is a literal incubator for manic situations. It of course hits some people more than others, due to various other factors, but inherently, missionary service is objectively a high risk factor for developing manic symptoms.
And then, on top of all that. I caught a goddamn tropical disease, and lost visible weight in three days. I was probably hypomanic, or manic before that point, truth be told. After that point, well. I was full on psychotic. I suppose that needs a sperate bit of medical explanation. Our current understanding of how psychotic & delusional & schizophrenic medications work, was based on the observation that many of these mental health conditions are nearly indistinguishable from the symptoms of taking too much speed. Once that link was discovered, many anti-psychotic meds were developed, that (more or less) functioned largely by acting as a downer, to reverse manic states, and by extension, pull people out of delusional psychotic states.
So with that in mind, is it any wonder, that when I was manic already, that tropical disease pushed me over the edge, into full on insanity?
I was in that state over a month. Stark raving mad. Working a 60+ hour workweek, in the hot deadly Venezuelan sun. In what was simultaneously a politically unstable 3rd world nation, and the nation with the 6th highest violent crime rate in the world at the time. I was malnourished. Overstressed isn't even the word for it.
And then, I got scared, and ran away from my comp for a day. And on top of all that, became even more stressed, even more malnourished, and dehydrated. Went from being mildly psychotic, to majorly psychotic, and three quarters dead in the span of a day.
Got sent home after that. But my doctors..... Well they ignored all of the above context. And put me on some rather nasty pills, known as Remeron and Haloperidol. As you might imagine from my description of how typical anti-psychotics work, these pills, individually and in combination, were basically tranquillizers.
For years, my nickname became "Sleepy" Life was living death. However, I persevered, my psychotic symptoms lessened, and I was weaned off both meds.
Unbeknownst to me at the time, anti-psychotics are a perhaps the most dangerous class of drugs to wean off of. Quite ironically, one of the major withdrawal symptoms of Haloperidol is manic symptoms, and rebounding, and more intense psychotic symptoms.
Did my doctors pay any attention to the consequences of taking me off those pills?
Nope! I was told that the mania and psychosis I experienced when I got off those pills meant I was schizophrenic, and would likely need to be on pills for the rest of my natural life.
My new cocktails? Risperdal, Effexor, Singular, Benztropine. The important one to pay attention to there, is Risperdal. Risperdal is the one that makes CIS men grow breasts and lactate. My asshole doctor went years without giving me the blood tests that were recommended monthly while on that pill. When I finally got one, he asked me if I could lactate, because my prolactin levels were higher than a pregnant woman's.
So I was switched from Risperdal, to Abilify. What a change! My sex drive turned back on! I had a second puberty in my late 20's! Very fun (not really) As I grew progressively more capable, and able tto intellectually and emotionally function (at all) I decided enough was enough, and weaned off all my meds, AMA, which happened to line up with my leaving the LDS faith.
Silly me. wanna know what one of the withdrawal effects of Abilify is? Mania! a So on top of leaving a toxic faith, and getting rid of toxic doctors, I had to put up with yet more goddamn manic episode.
Fun fact: Mania isn't just trying to do everything all at once. Mania can also turn into irritability and rage. Stack on top of that the heaps of abuse that my church, and parents had heaped on me, and well, I was a bit of an angry asshole at the time, to put it mildly.
And yes. My good old friend, mania induced psychosis popped up again. Another trip to the psych ward. Another misdiagnosis. My mania was such, that I was misdiagnosed with Bipolar disorder, and given Depakote.
Depakote, is an instant old age pill. It'll kill you to stay on, and will destroy you if you get it off wrong, and it'll take months to recover even if you get off of it right. It's a rather nasty pill. I got off it as quickly as I could, but yeah, you guessed it. Depakote withdrawal also includes agitation and irritability.
For the longest time, I thought that the angry asshole I was, when I left the church, and the not-great things I did and said to friends and family on the way out was a choice. Turns out I was wrong. It wasn't a choice. It was literally a chain of dominos, that started with my mission, and was carried along by a successive string of literally incompetent doctors, none of which who could be bothered to pay attention to the chain of events as a whole.
And yes. During the whole process, my parents, and my doctors kept telling me that I was the broken one. That I was the one in the wrong. That they knew what was best. It turns out, that it was the other way around. They were breaking me, and blaming me for being broken. Trying to take accountability for what they had done to me, tore me apart. Destroyed my sense of self confidence, and self worth, from the inside out.
I'm 41. I'm still living with the repercussions of all of the above. I'll never stop really, at least not till the day I die anyways. I'm starting to make peace with it somewhat. Because holy fuck. At no point, in the entire process, was my agency respected. At no point in the process was my human rights respected. Between the church, and my asshole doctors prescribing pills like they were candy, at no point was I fully and truly responsible for the state of my mind and body, because fun fact. Our brains are just big computers, with a lot of chemistry in them. The church and my doctors robbed me of control over the chemistry end, and decisions I made that I thought that were fully my own, weren't actually. I still feel guilt for the parts that were in my control of course. I won't ever stop feeling that. But at least now, knowing what I know, I know that a lot of that, was not me. Not things I had chosen. It was things, the church, and my shitty doctors chose for me. And that helps.
I'm not going to lie. It took me decades to figure all of this out. Hopefully, some young people can read my story, and realize how much agency the church stole from them, and use that information to improve their mental health, and sense of self-worth. Hopefully.

Is anyone else offended by low energy cover bands? There were a couple different cover bands playing in my area tonight and they were both lackluster...I came home and feel so empty. I almost feel insulted at how hard it was to want to dance. Has anyone else felt this way?

All Hail The Great Uniter!

I was cast aside by my own parents like I meant nothing to them. How could I just stand by and watch the same thing happen to my nation when it needed someone to guide it?

History: Born a rambunctious earthbender, Kuvira was a problem child who frequently ran away from home. After nearly killing her mother during an outburst when she was 8, Kuvira's parents left her in the tutelage of the metalbending master Suyin where she grew up learning the importance of discipline. Kuvira joined Suyin's family and learned metalbending while becoming her protege.
Kuvira grew up to become the captain of the Zaofu city guard and a member of Suyin's dance troupe. Kuvira was horrified when she saw the Earth Kingdom in shambles following the Earth Queen's demise and further so when Suyin declined to take charge of the chaos. Gathering the best of the Zaofu guard and many of the city's richest citizens, Kuvira set off to restore order to the Earth Kingdom. Granted emergency powers by the world's governments, Kuvira started a military campaign to reunite her nation, earning her the name The Great Uniter.
After 3 years Kuvira's continued until she held the allegiance of the entire Earth Kingdom. Declining to give up her emergency powers, Kuvira instead declared the monarchy illegitimate and herself the new leader of an Earth Empire. Aided by a vast and technologically advanced military and a powerful weapon utilizing spirit energy to devastating effect, it was only the intervention of Avatar Korra and many of her allies that proved Kuvira's undoing. After standing trial for her crimes Kuvira helped quash an attempted resurgence of the Empire, hoping for redemption from sins past.

Source Key: The Legend of Korra Season & Episode = S#E# Ruins of the Empire = RoE The Art of the Animated Series, Book 4 = AoAS 

Notes

• During S4E6 Korra still suffered from debilitating PTSD and was out of practice. Kuvira was also toying with her throughout the fight, going out of her way to make an example of Korra ^AoAS
• Scaling: 1. Korra 2. Suyin 3. Guan 4. Asami 5.Mako 6. Bolin

Physicals

• Strength
  • Performs a synchronized routine with her dancing troupe ^S3E5
  • Catches Tonraq after he falls off a mountainside ^S3E12
• Durability
  • Takes an Avatar State-amped airblast from Korra that hurls her away and gets back up ^S4E6
  • Opal & Jinora airblast Kuvira away and she gets back up ^S4E6
  • Shrugs off a metalbending attack Korra hits her with to keep fighting ^S4E13
  • Shrugs off airbending attacks and throws from Korra before getting blasted away into debris ^S4E13
  • She gets right up from the above to continue fighting before the mech they fight within explodes and sends them flying, only to get up yet again with a counter attack and retreat ^S4E13
  • Downed by an electro belt designed to stun her ^{RoE 1}
  • Hit by Guan firing a stone at her and counterattacks right after ^{RoE 3}
• Speed
  • Outfights several earthbenders descending on her at once, incapacitating all of them ^S4E1
  • Weaves through Korra's attacks in their first duel, repeatedly gaining the upper hand while toying with her without taking any hits ^S4E6
  • Outfights Suyin ^S4E10
  • Later duels with Korra more evenly, with both combatants landing, evading, and blocking attacks ^S4E13
  • Escapes capture, outspeeding Asami, Bolin, Mako, Guan, and several guards ^{RoE 2}

Bending

Projectiles

• Metal
  • Embeds strips into a boulder to tear it apart ^S4E1
  • Fires five metal strips in quick succession ^S4E6
  • Evades and deflects Suyin's projectiles while releasing several of her own rapidly ^S4E10
  • Catches a cargo container thrown at her and flings it a distance away where its impact sends up debris ^S4E10
  • Uses Suyin's own armor to fling her a distance away ^S4E10
  • Exchanges attacks with Korra, using meteorite and her environment to throw Korra around and crush her through metal ^S4E13
  • Exchanges more attacks with Korra, shifting meteorite into shields and projectiles as it hovers around her ^S4E13
  • Throws a desk across a room ^{RoE 3}
• Earth
  • Juts out a column to knock away Korra's arm while stunning her with a rock to the gut ^S4E6
  • Sweeps the ground out from Korra to hit her with a rock, and soon after catches Korra's foot to hit her with another rock ^S4E6
  • Sends out jagged tremors of earth from beneath Korra ^S4E6
  • Throws a boulder from the ground that shatters against Korra ^S4E6
  • Throws rocks that shatter against Korra's defense, then catches a fridge-sized boulder she explodes to down Korra ^S4E6
  • Amplifies her own jumps and launches a mech into the air to land it atop another soldier ^{RoE 2}
  • Projects the ground beneath Guan to throw him back ^{RoE 1}

Binding

• Own armor
  • Propels herself backwards from an expanding moat of lava ^S3E8
  • Evades several earthbenders' attacks as they descend from a mountainside while quickly binding and blinding all of them using metal strips from her armor ^S4E1
  • Throws a strip of metal across a woman's mouth to silence her, then drops its hold ^S4E1
  • Weaves through attacks from Korra, binding metal strips to her she uses to flip Korra around ^S4E6
  • Evades more of Korra's attacks, catching her foot with earth and blinding her with metal to throw her to the ground again ^S4E6
  • Binds Korra's wrist with a metal strip she uses to throw her a distance away, then follows with an attack from the ground ^S4E6
  • Evades Korra, throws her off balance, grabbing her with another strip, and throwing her down ^S4E6
• Environment
  • Strangles Varrick with metal on his own uniform, holding him out of a speed train before hurling him back in ^S4E5
  • Binds Korra's wrists, craters her into the ground, and binds her limbs with earth ^S4E6
  • Crushes together the metal around Guan's neck and holds him in the air, causing him to gasp for air when he is released ^{RoE 1}
  • Deflects Guan's attack, bringing a metal wall down on him before wrapping another wall around Mako ^{RoE 2}

Armor

• Thin metal strips stack atop eachother to form her armor, allowing her to more easily bend pieces off while retaining coverage ^AoAS
• Ascends the side of a mountain with metal cables ^S3E12
• Sharpens strips from her armor to a finer edge ^S4E6
• Forms armor into a blade on her arm, reshapes the blade to catch a railing, and releases a metal cord to fling her opponent away ^S4E10
  • The blade morphs into the whip, conserving her gauntlet's mass ^AoAS

Strength

• As a child blows a hole in a wall ^{RoE 1}
• As a child crushes a metal dollhouse ^{RoE 3}
• Levitates and crushes a medal ^S4E3
• Crushes the front of a car racing toward her ^{RoE 3}

Utility

• Idly plays with meteorite, shifting it into different shapes ^S4E6
• Lifts the shutters on a window to reveal her army ^S4E5
• Pulls a hidden piece of machinery from clothing on a person she suspected of sabotage ^S4E10
• Senses Lin and Suyin metalbendinig within her mech's arm ^S4E13
• While bound, bends two helmets onto two targets and cuts herself free with a metal strip to escape ^{RoE 3}

Misc

• Considered a bending heavyweight ^AoAS
• Rotates the ground beneath Korra to throw her off balance ^S4E6
• Catches Guan's metal strips fired at her and turns them into a whip ^{RoE 3}
• Splits a car thrown at her in half, turning it to shards she uses to pin Guan to a wall ^{RoE 3}

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Mecha Colossus

A massive mecha suit powered by spirit vines, manned by teams of metalbenders, and piloted by Kuvira herself through meteorite controls, the Colossus was armed with a powerful energy canon on its arm.
Physicals

• Specs
  • Exterior constructed of platinum from Zaofu's domes ^AoAS
  • Korra says it is over 25 stories tall ^S4E11
  • Unaffected by an electromagnetic pulse that downs a squadron of mecha-suits ^S4E12
  • Briefly blinded by paint bombs, but has jets of water to clear it away ^S4E12
  • Its platinum exterior and joints make it impossible to metalbend from the outside ^S4E12
  • Slaps away attempts to cut through it, even reaching a spot on its back that should be difficult ^S4E12
  • Blown apart from the inside when its energy source is overcharged with electricity ^S4E13
• Strength
  • Swipes its hand through a skyscraper ^S4E12
  • Korra encases the mech in ice and it begins to break out as machines cut through its exterior ^S4E12
  • Breaks out of much of the ice encasing it, though briefly resisted by more ice Korra lifts as Team Avatar enters a hole cut into it ^S4E12
  • Fully pulls itself from the ice encasing it ^S4E13
  • Tears off its own arm and hurls it a distance away, embedding it into a building ^S4E13
• Durability
  • Its foot sinking into lava, its legs tied with metal cables, and Korra with several airbenders begin to push the mech over, though even after further efforts to topple it the mech recovers ^S4E12
  • Staggered by repeated blows from gigantic chunks of stone debris shattering against it ^S4E12
  • A building collapses on it and it stands back up ^S4E12
  • Metalbenders pulling apart the arm mechanism from the inside disables it ^S4E13

Energy cannon

• Direct hits
  • Blows a hole in giant rocks during a test run ^S4E10
  • Destroys an outlook post ^S4E11
  • Has a loading mechanism, and tears through battleships ^S4E11
  • Tears through the top half of a city, creating explosions across the skyline ^S4E12
  • Tears through more of the city ^S4E12
  • Tears through a city street ^S4E12
• Effect of periphery
  • Uses targeting sights to pinpoint Team Avatar on a flying bison, with the periphery of the blast sending the bison tumbling. A second blast destroys a hilltop ^S4E11
  • Creates an explosion that tears through a building and flings away Team Avatar ^S4E11
  • Scatters some airbenders on the periphery of its blast, tearing through a skyscraper to take out the top floors ^S4E12
  • Blasts apart several buildings, scattering and knocking out many on the periphery ^S4E12
  • Tears through more buildings and knocks people on the periphery away ^S4E12

Question for Victorian Renters/Tennans Has anyone had one of these since the legislation changed? I know the legislation differs between states, but my mental health would extremely benefit from any insights regarding what happens? More Info Below
So my realestate sent me an automated message saying I had an upcoming electrical appointment. I wasnt sure what it was, so i did some googling and found out that legislation changed regarding Property Owners ensuring Gas and Electrical Safey in their properties. Which is a very good thing. However, when i read

Rental providers must ensure that an electrical safety check of all electrical installations and fittings in the premises I did some more googling, because ofcourse all the links on the official Energy Safe Victoria website are broken, but i did find this which says they have to test all the power points in the home.

Could someone please put my mind at ease about this? I maintain my property extremely well, but im also Autistic and just came home on friday from a 3 week admission to a psychiatric clinic, as my NDIS supports completely broke down and I wasn't okay.
Besides unpacked bags, everything is fine, but as I have never been through one of these before, Id really appreciate some insite into what is going to occur as once i understand what is going to happen, i can deal with it. I dont have any set up support systems right now, and strangers in my space, with no understanding of the process occurring is extremely distressing.
Will they be moving my furnishings to better access hard to reach power points? Will they be asking me questions? Am i expected to do anything other than make the property accessible?

ROSLIN

Runestone, the eleventh month of autumn.
She had been born in winter, though it was not a season Roslin could at all recall. Unlike her cousin Rodney she did not possess the same skepticism of its coming. On some level subconscious Roslin was aware that the relationship between her family and heat was as complex as the passions exchanged between her parents; her father's face, both of complexion and expression, in the firelight implied a past of pain more than had been regaled to her in girlhood. It was further a fate bygone that she was not brave enough to pry upon sensing it a subject sensitive. Yet for the cold she was utterly without context.
While she saw the excess of layers when venturing out the keep to have been a fortunate though mostly fashionable happenstance it was serving to ward away the encroaching frost. Though Ros paid not much mind to it, nor even the rosiness of her own cheeks until her mother was insisting upon a set of gloves. Half thrusting them over Roslin's wrist despite her insistence that she was perfectly able to put the pair on herself. The both of them well aware that left to her own devices Roslin would have done no more than tuck the gloves into her belt and, inevitably, complain later of aching fingers as she asked after tea. Please mum, she would say as she grasped some exposed strip of flesh to prove her point; and, were those tactics ineffective, might well repeat the insolence on little Rowena when mother had turned her eyes elsewhere.
Instead of any overt preparation by her elders that reinforce the reality of the changing seasons it was, quite simply, the wilting of the flowers on the window sill that caught Roslin's attention. That no matter the tending it was ever on its decline. Ros was not so sure of her trimming efforts, in distress for the plant she had watered it and then drowned it in attempt to offer its roots respite. All these efforts were in vain as life must subsist on sunlight and there was little of it to go around. Even when she had lugged the little vase up the steps to the fifth floor where resided raised windows on every wall--an anomaly in Runestone's design as it had only been expanded after the coming of the Andals and the instilling of the Maesters to facilitate correspondence when the bronze crowns had been broken. All the same, the life had waned from the bushel; Ros, to the deep discomfort of Maester Vorsel, did nothing to diminish the despair felt of what had transpired irregardless of the man's well meaning explanations of decomposition. Having seen the flower from seed to sapling, to bright and verdant bouquet Roslin had assumed to be perennial. No more prepared for the death of a plant than anyone was to lose their loved one; in the absence of her father who had shown her how to plant the seeds in the first place the two felt interchangeable in her ailing heart.
She had sulked for a week in full afterward. Peering from puffy, tear stricken eyes as plants all abound Runestone did dwindle as hers had done. Auntie Ayla had bid the harvest be brought in though as the year drew toward its end the quality of the crop had ventured from passable to subpar. This, too, Vorsel explained as an inevitability dictating that there was little that was able to persist in the shifting of the season; the roots embedded in the soil incapable of penetrating through the onset frost. That which was not able to be preserved would be condensed, scattered to the growing fields to act as fertilizer before snow's first fall. Mulch, her uncle Rohan called it, though it reeked as much a manure.
"When will the spring come again?" She had queried, miserably. It had summer for several years. Stretching on long enough that Roslin was able to ruminate on the spring that had preceded it, unsure of if she remembered it in full.
Unhelpfully, Maester Vorsel did no more than shrug.
Far from satisfied, Ros leered at the man with a degree of distain only a child was capable of. Tossing down her notes from his lecturing as he did aim to amble on, realizing eventually that the young Lady Royce would resist his teaching outright if he did not provide her with adequate answer lamenting his years of study in the southern Citadel where not a single soul need be convinced into an orderly curiosity.
With a breath, "No one knows in certainty," he began, gladdened that it was only the Princess Alicent's daughter in attendance that afternoon. The heir of Runestone and his suspicions bid on a task concerning his would-be-wives rather than latching to the admittance from the learned man, "Not even the Citadel, my Lady. Mind that we manage an admirable estimate of its arrival none can say until the cold winds blow and the burrows are buried beneath snow."
Roslin found this response no more reassuring than the last though she seemed accept it when prodding the Maester more elicited no retort finer than the first. Then why are we expending resources on a festival? she could not complain in the least it was only that the ominous warnings of her elders did suggest that this was an unwise indulgence. Supposing then that it was not only her parents stricken by passing bouts of insanity, as it had been auntie Eugenie to reveal that auntie Ayla was following a tradition of Roslin's grandsire who had long ago accepted the expense of supporting the fief and wider kingdom as perpetual. And necessary, as the peasants too were to be provided with sustenance and celebration their own in addition to the festival being arranged for the nobles. The Lady Royce dictating that they would feed their own for the fruit of their labours prior to dispersing their due prosperity unto friends and foreign lordlings.
Selfishly, the smallfolk felt to Ros irrelevant as her focus fell to the potential of such a gathering, "He'll come home," she murmured as she had dragged Rowena and her mother into the bailey to expend her excess energy, having in habit halted before the heart tree… or had it called to her? It stood unhindered, unlike all the other plants Roslin had been obsessing over, with white branches brimming with crimson leaves. Only some of which had shed to the flagstones underfoot. Not one of them brittle either.
There was a catch in her voice as she embraced the wierwood. Or as much of it as she was able to. Roslin felt no fear of the twisted face it bore nor found its red sap tears off putting; in fact its mangled visage was to her soothing as it reminded her of the man to whom she was alluding. She had cried many of her own tears in this place, tucked along the tangled roots of the tree in which she imagined a kinship with, "He has to," she had not the capacity to outright ask her mother as she had meant to, justifying her vision of her family despite all evidence of otherwise, "Father never misses a tournament. And… and the bones. He is fond of staring at them, along with the glitter of the scales. As I am."
No small amount of which Roslin had for herself pilfered. An act of insolence she saw as admirable, wanting for the dragon scales in those occasions only when her sire was not available to offset her distress. Of late, his absence had been extended without so much as a raven to explain. Roslin had sent one or two of her own to Ser Royland as the weeks had turned to months though no reply was returned. It must have been that the letters had not made their way to the Knight Inquisitor's desk in these few attempts as Roslin was unable to muster any adequate reason for why her correspondence was otherwise being ignored. Even when she had scrawled a little lizard on the parchment to garner his attention (as she had not left enough room to depict the wings of the dragon as she had first intended).
With a sense of looming inadequacy, Ros pressed her forehead to the alabaster bark of the heart tree. Unmoving in her prayer that had been the same for many a moon now, as like to be ignored as all the rest had been. Fearing the family she so yearned to reunite with was insufficient on its own to appease her father, that she was herself not enough.
Ros ground her cheek against the wierwood. The grit of it a distraction she was well in need of, her melancholy a miasma of late. Asking her mother, or mayhaps the Gods themselves if they were inclined to answer, "Does he not miss us, mum?" Pausing for a breath, "Is he waiting for us? If he doesn't visit, we could go to the Gates…"

I'd like to share my past years depression and anxiety that I am still working on. I've only shared this with those close and an posting it in the hopes that someone that can relate doesn't feel alone.
After the pandemic and being in the house for a year, I discovered me without obligation. I played games, had the best time with my wife since I was always home, as well as finding even more comfort with my dog who is more of a person than most people.
100 years ago was The Great Depression. This is The Silent Depression because everyone went through something and only some acknowledge it or talk about it.
Then the reintegration into society, or at least an inkling of it with the job that I got after lockdown. I was lucky for the opportunity and put my full focus on helping others and working hard towards financing the goals of my future such as kids. I deluded myself that everything was a fairy tale of sorts because I was so lucky to live this life. I didn't allow myself to complain because I have so much to appreciate.
Working in the lab environment that I do, I didn't realize the shit I was ignoring going around me that I had the right to complain about. The enviroment is toxic. I'm the type that will hold the door open even if you are rude. I don't walk your shoes, how do I know what you are dealing with. Hopefully the positivity no matter how small makes your day better. I wouldn't allow myself to complain, even in private because I refused to be "Woe is me" in a world filled with victims of circumstance. Friends thought I was fine because I'm open with my emotions, yet I was dealing with the energy of wearing a smile while in pain. I realized though, after too long that it was a fallacy, by that logic nobody has walked my shoes so I do have the right to complain in a professional manner or in private. I was letting it build up inside me while thinking "Better keep on smiling, others have it worse" I have come to worry about death as I lost someone very important to me years ago. This coupled with my low earning and unfair paying job put limitation on me and worried even if I did my best, would it be good enough depending on external factors. I could care less about green paper, but I want to provide the life my wonderful wife has given me with her understanding of me.
I'm slowly working on myself and trying to learn things I love, but it is hard to be in the moment as I wonder how I feel or what I should do for myself. I can only share how I am feeling and no one will know the pain I put on myself. I am in the process of understanding that it is what I do for myself and the environment I choose to be in that will be my reality. I will just be the main character of my life. I will try to be the best I can be which will be good enough, because it is my best. As long as I care for the ones I do and try to respond to a given situation peacefully, trying to understand the miscommunication, I should appreciate myself. Because that is who I am.
It's just the curse of not knowing who you are because your story hasn't fully been told. The questions of fear such as "When could I support having kids, when will things get easier". That depends on me, yet I have to accept the current circumstances I am in. I only hope through whatever means I will remember this life I am lucky to have because it is too precious to forget even in a world that isn't always a fairy tale. You create your own Heaven or Hell and you will have a final moment to reflect on it. I hope anyone who strives for their personal heaven finds it.

This situation contains an insane web of dysfunctional details but I will try to keep to the practical points. It’s hard to condense this so thank you in advance to anyone who reads through.
SUMMARY:
Abusive father returning suddenly after respite. Mum and brother’s denial making it harder to ensure protection. Vulnerable brother agreeing to trip with him despite previous conflicts. Family housing situation is precarious but needs resolving.
THE SITUATION:
My abusive father recently announced that he’s coming back to visit on Tuesday after living abroad for several years. He apparently intends to go on a road trip with my vulnerable younger brother (who has psychosis) to visit our grandad far up north.
I’ve been told they had previously discussed vague plans around this trip but without a set date. These plans included him taking my brother back with him abroad after but my brother later declined that part. It seems that my dad then bought plane tickets here without telling anyone until after (I was only told on Thursday).
I currently live with my aunt. My mum and brother live together in the old family home with a lodger. My dad is still legally tied to the house and only went abroad originally to deal with an unexpected family matter. He’s ended up living over there since then - which provided respite without much intervention needed - but at the beginning visited a couple times and intermittently mentioned coming back. The housing situation here is precarious (it’s a social housing tenancy my parents share) worsened by how long it’s been left unresolved, which makes it tricky to remove him from the tenancy. My mum had tried once to get rehoused after the fight I mention further down but nothing was done (though she was likely unassertive).
Though my mum said she’ll use this visit to finally resolve things with my dad, she’s being very unrealistic about what to expect. It seems he’s most likely just visiting to hoover my brother (who is easier to manipulate) and live out his fantasy of ‘reconnecting’ more than anything, plus he’s always been vocally reluctant to give up the house he feels entitled to. I have no indication of what he intends in regards to me during this visit.
I have been No Contact with my dad for a few years (he’s complied so far) and will maintain it yet I cannot easily protect myself from him when people close to me are openly inviting him to come closer. He has also not been back since I declared NC so there’s a chance he may act differently once here. All of our (including mine) possessions are mixed up in the house and there is ample opportunity for conflicts to occur. The aunt I live with verbally supports my side of things but discouraged me from trying to influence my mum and brother further (nor inform the rest of the family) and is keeping her distance. My mum and brother remain in denial about the reality of this situation and are providing a lot of friction against making us all safe.
My mum’s initial response to hearing of the visit was to offer for my dad to stay in the house whilst she left to stay at her current partner’s house, leaving him alone with my brother and the lodger - a young adult family friend who has her own vulnerabilities. I had to demand that my mum reversed the offer and made him responsible for his own accommodation (she seems to have paid for somewhere herself but that’s better than nothing). Both my mum and my aunt are away this weekend and will return later than he arrives on Tuesday. I’m not yet aware of anyone who can be present during that window to enforce any boundaries we put in place.
I don’t want to sacrifice my brother or mum’s wellbeing (or my relationship to them) for my own comfort if I can help it and feel I would be betraying myself if I didn’t act on my awareness of this situation. I don’t want to try and control them but seem to be the only one keen to address the harm that can be done. Right now my brother seems willing to do the trip up north (though he’s influenced a lot by misplaced guilt) and my mum encourages it.
However, I’m conflicted between avoiding adding to any distress by drawing attention to the situation and it’s seriousness (e.g. informing other family members and requesting outside help) or putting taking action against the threat that I see my dad posing above all else. This all takes a tremendous amount of energy for me to deal with and I get triggered by the situation.
Most of the harm in the past was caused by my dad being delusional, impulsive, immature, unpredictable and emotionally unstable or volatile and the dysregulation this causes. He doesn’t seem capable of carrying out multi-part schemes, but my mum and brother’s own instabilities and lack of boundaries exacerbate the challenges. It’s been a few years since anyone’s seen my dad or had much of an update on what he’s like, the last visits were disastrous and he shows no signs of having improved. His approach to this visit is very telling that he’s still notably unhealthy.
I am trying to compromise between allowing everyone the freedom to make their own choices verses protecting against harm and retraumatisation. I’m going to contact some Domestic Abuse charities for further advice but want a range of inputs.
The safeguarding criteria I want implemented (but don’t know how) is:
- To have as many safe-enough people we know simply aware of the situation
- A way to enforce the safeguards when he arrives in the window that my mum and aunt aren’t here
- My brother to be given space to decide for himself what he’s comfortable with doing, un-coerced as possible
- All initial interactions to be in a safe controlled environment away from the house whilst the situation is measured
- Not allowing my dad to simply enter and move around the house freely (nor ever stay over)
- Authoritative 3rd party mediator(s) (who he will not feel comfortable acting out in front of) present at all times if/when he visits the house
- All of ours vs his belongings separated in the house prior to him being able to visit or retrieve anything
- A strict and formal arrangement regarding how he will visit it - when, how long for, who to mediate
- A full plan for how he will no longer be connected to us through the tenancy and stored possessions
I’m aware that this would be a lot of work or that there’s a small chance it could all end up being very uneventful and civil somehow even if I just left things as is. Another alternative seems to be allowing any potential chaos to unfold to prove my point about the denial. However, I’d just rather not risk anything.
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MY QUESTIONS:
How could I implement the safeguarding steps I proposed?
What do you think is reasonable for me to request or expect from this situation?

Note: Most of these policies are renewed from my former governorship race.)
The points I present for my candidacy of the governorship of West Virginia will include:
EVERY MAN A KING
The Destruction of Excessive Bureaucracy
The Strengthening of the Supreme Reality of America
The Fair Share of Taxation
The New Deal's Resurrection
The 2nd Amendment Reexamined
The Policy of Healthcare
Establishment of the State CO-OP Corporation ———————————————————————————
We will strengthen unions for the sake of the bargaining power and workplace democracy, we shall build hospitals in WV, bridges, factories, and create jobs. We will make the common man feel important, involved, and free. The elimination of unemployment in WV, and the raising of the minimum wage to 15 dollars, as well as the shortening of the work day to 6 hours! Every able-bodied man will have a good-paying job, under our administration. Furthermore, we wish to introduce the 'Economic Efficiency Plan'. We will ensure every family and every community has the resources and power to form their own lives, American lives.
It is imperative that excessive bureaucracy must be cut out, and the swamp must be drained. Spending put towards projects that face no clear-cut goal or efficient plan will not be tolerated. Inefficient bureaucrats will be fired and audits will be regularly issued towards committees and state functionaries.
A progressive income tax on the wealthy. Every man must be a king, the great banquet that is devoured by the elites must instead be a banquet for the common man. A man will make his pie, and keep his pie. No Rockefeller will come and take it away, and instead, hand him a meager salary that cannot pay his bills. The wealthy's money shall be used for public development, the support of our veterans, the elderly, and the sick.
We will heavily invest in new economic construction plans. We will reopen the WV pipeline, we will construct new roads, we will construct new buildings, new plants, new factories, new trains, new hospitals, and we shall make jobs in the process! Silent factories will once more roar with life. Restart nuclear age within WV, reopen and open new powerplants off of safer plutonium to provide free energy for electric cars and get off of less and less natural gases.
The strengthening of communities. Churches, tradition, and communities will be revived. The right to bear arms will be bolstered. Communities will self-manage, and work as organisms in the great social machine that is our state and our nation.
On the new policy of healthcare, we will act to eliminate all private healthcare sectors of West Virginia in turn for a totally free, state provided healthcare system that can both treat you for little cost, and eliminate the problem of healthcare from your life, destroying stresses for the poverty stricken rural sectors of West Virginia, with all of the healthcare funding being provided by heavy taxation reforms of the rich. In addition, healthcare education and training will be shortened to the minimum required to become a doctor to prevent the economic pandering of students to spend more time in college paying for a health education.
One of the first enactments of my administration will to establish the SCOC, stated above.What will the SCOC be? It will be a state corporation that would fund more, and more economic Cooperation communities of labor throughout West Virginia. For example if we funded miners in northern WV to establish a CO-OP, they as a group would own the land together and sell the excess materials together, with the state requiring a quota of the CO-OP's mined materials to sell on the external market. This with each CO-OP being a council democracy, provides the workers of our GREAT Miners state of West Virginia to prosper in liberty of the fruits of his labor.

Task Rabbit has gotten so much more expensive since a year ago when I first started using it in LA. Now I’m back in Austin and they are charging that extra fee of like $20. I am frustrated because I am unable to message a task rabbit and see if they can do something for me until I book them. That is absurd. I need to know if they can do a specific task within the general task group “indoor painting” for instance… can you also use knock down texture can spray and fix some places on the wall for me? Also, if I book last minute at night for the next morning and the tasker hasn’t seen it do either of us get penalized for cancelling. It’s tough for customers too. Just today I ran out of energy on a painting job in my home after keeping at it several days I’m burned out. I would even ask someone in “small home repairs” to see if they can just help finish rolling the last coat of white paint on an already fixed, taped, primed wall but I can’t and it’s hard to find someone on a holiday weekend who has a good time available to help me.

I've been trying to work on reviewing through REG right now, I don't have a test set because I just still don't feel ready for it yet even tough I'm at the phase of just reviewing. And I told myself when it comes to doing the tests I won't get the test set up until I can at least get to a point where I am feeling confident, but I am aiming to set it up for June. This was a method that worked well for me when I was doing FAR and AUD (which I both passed), and I know it should work for this one as well.
But anyways, I just feel like I'm at a loss at how to tackle the questions that I have and get myself to best understand the content. I'm trying to hit 200 questions on the days that I don't work. (I work full-time at a firm. But during the months of May-July we actually have Friday off alongside the weekend) on the days that I do work I just try to content myself with simply 20-30, but on those days I feel like I just cannot get myself to focus and read past 10 questions and just....simply pick an answer and move on which I know does not help, but I think it is just feeling mentally burnt out after trying to spend so much some really...rough audits that I've been working on (I try to do some before work, but I feel mentally not entirely cognitive until it hits 8AM, which is when I do start work, and trying to do it after work, which after taking into account the time it takes for me to get through dinner and cleanup as soon as I get home, I end up being able to start working on study at 7PM.)
Anyways, that is besides the point, when it comes to my days off, I feel good when I get up and start working on the studying. But when I hit closer to the last questions I start dropping off terribly and I notice that no matter what I do in terms of methods for MCQ grinding I still feel like I'm not making adequate progress. When I studied for FAR, I would just have it pick 100 random MCQs from all of the units and go through that, which I guess must of worked but I did feel like I didn't obtain much confidence in what I was doing until the test. But while at the time when I did it for FAR it would seem to keep a rather even distrubution between units for questions, when I do it for REG it seems to like to favor giving me questions for the second half of units and nothing for the first half of units, which could make me start to forget the content on those units. (and right now my average with doing them for REG is STILL around....50% correct even after trying to note down as much as I can as I do the questions, but there are several in which I read the question and I still cannot seem to understand what it is even asking for, but that seems to often happen when I hit the fatigue point which keeps happening far earlier than it did when I did FAR or AUD)
Though when I studied for AUD, I changed up my MCQ method, where I would do 5 questions from unit 1 in gleim, if I did not get all 5 correct, I would keep repeating that unit until I did, then move on to unit 2. It worked very well for AUD I feel and it didn't take long for me to feel like I could keep going through all of the units in a constant manner. But when trying to do that for REG, I keep trying and keep trying and I just get myself stalled halfway through the units (there are 20 units, but like it takes amost all day for me to get just up to unit 10, and then I start over the next day, and yet somehow there is one or two units there in which I still just don't seem to get to sink in right, and this is like after hitting the 200 questions as well for the day.)
I don't know what I'm doing wrong or if there is something else of a method of picking MCQs to test in order to get through. I am using Gleim for my study program and thus am trying to figure out how to better allocate my MCQs if there is anyone else that have used the program or if maybe there is something that I'm missing in the program to help me better allocate what to go through when reviewing.
Also, the fact is that I feel like I'm constantly exhausted, but I try to push myself through. I tried taking a day off from study at a couple of points on my work days but it never helped I feel, it just only made me keep doing worse or just feeling guilty on not pushing through and getting through this.
I cannot say my social life has suffered because of the test, the part that suffered is being able to get with my friends, but that was an expected given even without the exam because their only days off keeps happening to be on days in the middle of the week when I am working and of course they are never available once on a weekend when I'm off. I've been able to keep close with my BF through all of this and he has been super supporting as well considering he has been through semi-similar pain of studying and trying to understand material though for his case it was for trade-based certs and not something as daunting as this. But as for hobby wise, while I do like video games, I have been putting that on hold when I do have to study and just try to play a little bit of the current game I've been doing when it is just that one hour before bed as to best relax away from my computer. [Since I mostly play on the switch while I'm relaxing in bed. Though maybe the choice of game that I've been working through may not help a bit with my mental exhaustion since it is mostly a mystery/puzzle game. Which is odd because I feel exhausted trying to study but when I work on that game despite being also being heavy on thinking through I'm not as exhausted]
Either way, apologies or the wall of text and it feeling kind of...not to the point. But anyways, I just am trying to figure out how to better get through the review for this content, I'm feeling at my wits ends becuase I just cannot seem to progress anymore than 50% no matter how much I try. And trying to read some of the things in the book only just...makes me confused even further in my review side of things. So what would be the best way to go about this? Especially if you have used gleim, is there any resource that I could be missing or not realizing is there that could also help me out a bit? (I love using vids to help learn, but gleim's vids for REG barely tap on the point and just say 'read the book lol' for a lot of specific rates and calculations which doesn't help when I struggle understanding the book. Searching for additional vids on specific topics have been very hit or miss for me though no matter who I use or look for.)

I made cliffs for Zach, Ty, and Kuzie's interviews, so it only makes sense for me to make cliffs for Daniel's. The missing pieces that were created (due to no feeds) are solely starting to add up a bit.
- Said that it was A LOT coming out of the house, but had great people handling his social media. He was shocked with how LITTLE we were able to actually to see in the season. Daniel says that they were told that there wouldn't be 24/7 feeds, but didn't know how little we were going to see, since he spoke to the cameras so many times, but clearly we did not see much of it. Daniel knew that his game was going to be visible, so it was an outlet for him, and Kuzie was the other person who talked to the cameras.
- Mentions that he applied several times, and was playing these online games (he is in the BBCAN1 auditions that were used to promote BBCAN). Talks about how the two week "first week" was shocking, since it made it easier to spiral for people, and it was a lot slower than expected, whereas the online games are just quick. Thought he would be a flop because he was out of the loop. Immediately got close to Amal (called her his initial #1), but she of course left.
- The casting of a bunch of attractive, athletic, showmantic people was a bit worrying, as he thought that there would be a showmance alliance that would happen, and thought he did not fit in with the cast. Mentioned that the men are alpha men (which probably explains why the showmance alliance would never happen). He binged the season already.
- His strategy was to be a social player, and knew that people were only going to see him as a social player (jokes about not winning the competitions), so he wanted to have targets in front of him, and making as many connections with people, and would have shields, no matter who or where he pivoted. Felt more comfortable in the game when it started to speed up. He sat in the kitchen, and saw who would always go into rooms together, and worked with Kuzie and Anika based on this.
- Interviewers mentioned that people's perception of Daniel was mainly about how relationship with Zach was presented, and crying over him. He and Zach got along well in the house, as Zach was the other class clown (mentioned that this side of Zach was never in the edit, but Daniel was also never in the conversations where Zach was a lot more villainous). Mentions that the first week was bad for him, and he got handcuffed to Zach, so it was one of his first connections. Started working with him loosely, but did not trust him fully. Were good friends, but did not have compatible games. Thought Zach would be a shield, and knew that Zach was connected to the guys. Dan won HOH, and there were gummy bears that Zach was presenting, but Daniel, Anika, and Kuzie was left out of that. Was told that Zach was protecting the three from Zach (which is probably why they booted Rob).
- He did not know about the plan to target Zach when Kuzie initially got HOH, and did not know about the final 4 that Kuzie, Ty, Zach, and Santina made (they were the first four to enter the house, and made it then). He was told the entire time that Santina was the target, and it didn't make sense to him when it shifted to Zach, since Zach just protected them last week. They talked about targeting Zach in jury, but he didn't know about all of the other stuff happening. After letter-gate, Daniel told him that he was evicting him, and that was when he was pulled in the girls alliance. Things started to shift when some of the Girly Pops wanted to keep Zach, and Daniel told her before Zach went up that he would vote out the other person (whichever of Santina or Hope was on the block), but that changed when letter-gate happened, and the Girly Pops started being shifty.
- Was trying to stop the fight because he was fearing that it was blowing up his, Anika, and Kuzie's games. The Girly Pops (mainly Shanaya and Claudia, since Renee was deadset was booting Zach) pulling that move made them start to distrust them, and The Crown was formed around this point. Mentions that there was a lot more to the fight than what was shown. Complains about the edit of his and Zach's relationship to make him look like a simp essentially; mentions this a few times. Mentioned that his only targets were Dan, Ty, and Santina at this point.
- The Shady Bunch was his endgame the entire time, and mentions that he got heat for this online. His and Anika's alliance was called The Birds (mocks the game), and they had a final 2 from very early on. Jonathan and Hope made their alliance 5. Dan was always the target, and saving Ty was his way of building a connection. Mentions that Ty had separate connections to Kuzie and Anika, which is why they wanted him to stay, whereas Dan was getting closer to the Girly Pops. Hope, Jonathan, and Kuzie were always going to go before him.
- Mentions that Ty propositioned that there was a final 5 of the two of them, Claudia, Anika, and Kuzie, was told by Ty to speak to Claudia more. Daniel was hoping that they had them, and things would change when The Crown starts to beast the HOH comps, but....... that never happens. Daniel mentions that he wanted to evict Renee from a while ago, since she was a superfan, and he did not want the superfans to last long, since they are sneaky.
- Was worried when Kuzie won HOH, since she always changes her plans when she wins HOH, and he got frustrated with her because she wanted to target Ty and Santina instead of the Girly Pops (which is what they discussed the previous week). Kuzie was worried about Ty, Santina, and Hope getting close, since Santina and Hope were always in rooms hanging out together. Kuzie mentions that if they get rid of one of the Girly Pops, the Shady Bunch would be seen as the biggest alliance. They thought that Hope, Ty, and Santina would beat them in competitions compared to the Girly Pops. Thought that it would be an instant eviction before it was revealed to be the Chain of Safety. They talk out what to do in case it turns into a Chain of Safety scenario, so they planned the order. Did not want to rock the boat with The Crown, which was why he was fine with Ty or Santina getting booted, and he was starting to talk to Claudia, so it was okay with him.
- The alliance with him, Anika, Shanaya and Claudia was never real to him, though it was a backup just in case they won power, and it would protect him and Anika over Kuzie. Was fine with Kuzie being the face of things, but he always wanted to go to the final 3 with the Shady Bunch. Anika did not get along with the Girly Pops much, so he knew that he was better positioned with them, compared to Kuzie and Anika. Was always going to cut Kuzie, but was fine going to the final 5 with them. Mentions that Kuzie was making connections with Renee, and knew that Kuzie offered for him to go up, but felt like Kuzie was selling them out once she was nominated against Hope, and making it seem like she was making most of the moves. The argument with him and Kuzie before her eviction was supposed to be him saying goodbye to her, but it went out of control. They worked it out within minutes after the fight (which was on the show), so it wasn't a big deal. Calls out that the edit didn't even show him and Kuzie hugging after her eviction.
- It was annoying when people did not want to listen with his point of view, but was able to accept it finally, which was why he was able to make connections with people outside of his people. Used cutting Zach as an example, so when Anika and Kuzie did not listen to him, he felt safe with his other connections, and he was not seen as a dominant person/player. Mentions that after Hope went home, they realized that they needed to work with Ty, and thought they could get rid of him eventually, since he was not good at mental comps. Shady Pops knew that they had to win out, and had to pretend to trust Ty. Told Anika that he was going to use the veto on Claudia on her HOH, but she did not listen.
- Talks about how Ty and Claudia was a hot mess in general, and felt like he was going to win the final 4 HOH, where there was a point where Claudia was coming for Ty's neck. Gave his vote to Ty, since he played the hell out of the endgame, and because both duos did trust Ty enough to make the smarter game moves. Intentionally made his jury chances seem weak (mentioned Kuzie's eviction as an example), and underestimated that Ty and Claudia would take one another to the end. Knew that Claudia would take him to the end over Anika, and knew Anika would be a good advocate for him in jury.
- Thought Claudia would take him, but was not sure about Ty, since he was more confident in the comps. Pitched everything he could to get them to not take one another, and he counted down the votes to Claudia as to how she would lose to Ty, and he told Ty that she had the Girly Pops as votes. Apparently Ty and Claudia got into some sort of fight over it, and was shocked that they were a final 2 showmance by the end. They told him the day before the finale that he was getting cut. Says that Claudia did play a good game, and had enough confidence in her resume to sit next to Ty, but he felt fine with sitting next to Ty, due to having more of the social influence. Mentioned that Ty did not push his social game more at the end, and tried advocating for it for it.
- Is proud of Ty for how hard he worked in the house, and mentions that Ty is misunderstood (based on the fanbase perception), and people trusted him, so he is fine with Ty as a winner. He knew that he was not as social as Kevin from last season, but positioned himself socially the best that he could, especially after the Zach week, where he was only worried about Dan, Ty, and Santina, and he had relationships with the other two. Is proud of his game overall, since Renee and Shanaya would not have taken him as far as Claudia if they were in her place. His only slight regret is not pushing for Anika to nominate Ty and Claudia together, since they would boot Claudia, and would beat Renee.

Question Has anyone had one of these since the laws changed? More info below
So my realestate sent me an automated messaging saying I had an upcoming electrical appointment. I wasnt sure what it was, so i did some googling and found out that legislation changed regarding Property Owners ensuring Gas and Electrical Safey in their properties. All cool. However, when i read

Rental providers must ensure that an electrical safety check of all electrical installations and fittings in the premises I did some more googling and ofcourse all the links on the official energy safe victoria site are broken but found this which says they have to test all the power points in the home. Does that mean they have to move my furniture around and shit?

Could someone please put my mind at ease about this. Id just like to know what they are actually going to be doing.

mostly just a vent, advice if you have any? not expecting any though, I just need to vent also not proofread, sorry
the following is very long, tldr I am incredibly lucky and well off and have every reason to be happy but I'm a shitty selfish person who wants easy instant gratification more than to improve and I can't get myself to care about anything enough to try hard enough
I have grown up in an upper middle class family, my parents are cheap because they grew up poorer then dirt but I have never felt insecure about money or that my needs and wants weren't met financially. my parents have some issues, products of traumatizing childhoods they treated with alcohol when they were younger and now they try and ignore, but they are certainly not awful. My dad can irrationally angry and yell, my mom will flip from being the most loving adoring person to seemingly despising me over the exact same thing, but I have in no way ever been physically abused and at worst maybe got a couple overly harsh words... well paragraphs (she does not know when to stop talking even when she's just digging a deeper hole for herself) from my mom. their worst attribute is probably just the gaslighting that fights never happened or went differently then I remembered but it's not that big of a deal and to be fair I have god awful recall so maybe they are right???
I have a wonderful boyfriend, he lives across the US from me right now because his dad is in the coast guard but we spent a very nice couple months together and are still going very strong. he is the most kind, loving, and supportive person in the world, I love him more than I knew I could love anything.
I don't have many friends because I either pushed them away directly or indirectly because I am a shut-in online college student and will forget to respond to text messages for weeks sometimes, but I have a couple who still try even despite how god awful of a friend I am.
I am not doing the greatest in college, but I am not doing terrible either, my state has the Running Start program where you can take partially school-funded college classes from the local community college to count as high school credits junior and senior year, I've been doing that the last 2 years. I am graduating from highschool next month and from college with a business associates next year in March hopefully. I also skipped kindergarten, meaning I am very far ahead in things.
I am in discussion with a local CPA accounting firm about a part-time junior accountant position which is an incredible opportunity in the accounting field as is regardless of how young and relatively inexperienced I am to be having these conversations. It's one of the few things I'm actually good at (at least so far) that I don't despise AND makes good money, I am very excited for it.
I am a trans guy, took me a while to realize it because I tried so hard to convince myself I just needed to "be a girl better" and that's why I hated myself, literally made my own "girl-bootcamp" where I tried to teach myself to be a girl in the most toxic feminity misogynistic way possible like a fool. I'm out of it now though! I am dressing the way I want, I go by a preferred name now, I was out in my highschool's theatre program and everyone was chill with it, I am not working right now so I'm not stuck getting dead named and misgendered all day anymore, and I just had my first appointment with the best gender clinic in my state and I'm supposed to start testosterone in a month. I should be happier then I've ever been.
but in the last month I almost killed myself 3 times, I had only gotten that close to an attempt once before. I've gained this sickening awareness, now that I've met all the imaginary conditions for happiness and success, that I am not getting any better, and it's because I don't want to.
As a kid I daydreamed so hard about the future, so sure the future would make everything better for me, that I became a maladaptive daydreamer and I am still no better about that to this day. eventually I stopped being able to imagine having a future at all, any event planned to happen past this afternoon doesn't feel real until it's occuring. I got out of toxic friendgroups, got in a relationship, got out of it, did therapy, got ADHD meds, did more therapy, got antidepressants, did virtual intensive outpatient therapy, did more therapy after that. I got good grades, I discovered myself, I got a job, I dropped the job to focus on school and myself, I fell in love, I make planner after planner after planner trying to organize my life, I try everything I can to find things I enjoy doing that make my happy and might give me motivation, I have did everything I was supposed to and I am the same trash I was at the start.
I take a shower maybe once a month I brush my teeth maybe once every couple months I eat average 2 meals a day, often just one I stay up late into the night, sleep long into the morning, or fall asleep a 6pm and wake up at 6am, I fall asleep all the time randomly and fatigue clings to me like plastic film I pace for hours and hours daydreaming, or ranting out loud to myself when I'm home alone I doomscroll until my eye sockets feel hollow I play stupid games I know are wasting my time when there are urgent things to be done I rot. I lay in my bed in rot. I sit on the couch and rot. I pace in the kitchen and rot. I sit on my phone and rot.
I can not control myself, I only care about self-fulfilling instant gratification and nothing else. eating is hard and I don't like it, won't do it. showering is hard and I don't feel like it, won't do it. brushing my teeth is hard and I am tired, won't do it. going outside is hard and I know secretly they can't help but judge my stupid girly voice the moment I open my stupid fucking mouth, won't do it studying is hard and I am too stupid for this shit anyways, won't do it
I am not getting better, I am only getting worse. I am at the highest dose of ADHD meds I can comfortably take before the side effects start to bug me, I take a pretty high dose of anti depressants. I know I am chemically better than before, it's not raw exhaustion and disinterest and misery, I get very happy and excited and energetic, but only if does something for me NOW. I get excited about dandelions and weird bugs and Hank green tiktoks and playing Stardew valley and city bus rides and zoos, but only in the moment and once it is gone I am hollow. if something is at all out of reach, no matter how good it is, how much ecstatic euphoric joy it brings me in the moment, I will not fight for it. no matter how miserable I am, if improving the situation is perceived as even slightly more uncomfortable for the tiniest moment, I won't do it. I sometimes have... bladder control issues, absolutely not fucking fun. I used to be so ashamed and proactive about it, and I still feel awful and disgusting and ashamed, but if it's the usual small amount where I can convince myself "it'll dry", I'll literally rot in my own filth for a week or so. it's disgusting, I am disgusting. I have been trying so hard to do better but it's never enough because I can't put my full heart in it, I just want my simple easy pleasure and then die. I am still trying to keep up with things, but I am continuing to worsen. the same cycle happened to me with both jobs I worked, I'd start out a star employee, learning really fast, showing up early, being very responsible, then I'd progressively show up a little later, just barely on time, a minute or two late, 5 minutes late, 10, 20, I call out "sick" an hour before my shift, I do this a couple times, I put in my two weeks/quit. I make up some excuse, usually some mysteriously serious and private family matters, and rot in bed because I fell behind on work or just couldn't find the energy to go and then I realized I'm a shitty employee and leave. I am at the "realizing I'm a shitty employee and leaving" stage in my life as a whole, but that's not allowed. Giving up is a terrible sad tragedy, but the only cure to sadness is to want to be happy. The only way to get better is to want to improve and push through the hard times and work hard and someday things will be easy and good. There's no cure to being the selfish asshole who cares more about not having to brush my teeth then living for my loved ones. I don't want to fight anymore, I am tired, the fighting isn't making me better, my ADHD and depression and arfid all keep from doing the things to fight my ADHD and depression and arfid enough as is, simply not having the will to fight is the final nail. I'm so tired, I want to take off from school and ignore the job opportunity and ignore any needs or responsibilities or meals and just play games and watch science videos and walk around town solely just to walk and look at things in stores I'll never buy and make weird clothes and pick flowers and impulse buy that Amtrak ticket to Monterey so I can visit the aquarium and sleep outside because I'm too young to book and stay in a hotel room alone and catch a bus going somewhere I don't know just to see where I end up and walk through the woods behind my house and try to find animal bones or a snake or something, I want to scream and cry and tear myself to shreds and laugh until I can't breath and spend every second and those awful unproductive dangerous stupid expensive waste-of-time wonderful perfect soul-filling tiny tiny little moments and then just drop dead. no more responsibility to anyone, certainly not myself, just ecstasy and permanent sleep.
it's not fair, I don't deserve that at all, it's selfish to want it when every person in my life has been through so much worse and are doing a thousand times better, I'll hurt people, life isn't that hard, ADHD and depression and common and executive dysfunction happens to people all the time and they do incredible amazing things and all I'm asked is to eat my dinner, take my 2 online college classes, and not fucking kill myself and I am failing at all 3 and I don't deserve to be getting away with this, even if I live but keep up tis behavior I will hurt people and ruin myself, but I just don't care enough to try because at night when I'm standing in front of the bathroom door, more than enough energy to brush my teeth for two minutes, knowing I should, knowing it's easy and fine and good for me and I need to I really need to, I still turn my head and walk into my room. I yell at the people trying to help me, I shove everyone away, and ruin my own life again and again and again and I'm never going to stop because I don't want to. I am shitty selfish person and I don't fucking care and I want to care but I just can't fucking care.