Comment on When in casual conversation, I take 1d4 + N psychic damage. N is the number of turrns the conversation has lasted.

roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• needthosepylons@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What? could you elaborate on that?

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  • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sure. Disassociation is a maladaptive coping technique where you remove your sense of self to avoid harms. It’s harmful in itself because it’s destructive to your very perception of the world and in developing meaningful interactions with life, but the entire reason you do it is so the outside world can’t harm you because you don’t recognize a you to harm as being important.

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    • needthosepylons@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hmm. Yes indeed. But can’t it… well…hurt, like physically, even if the sense of self is gone?

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      • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Actually that’s why we use ketamine as a painkiller. Dissociating is a powerful tool for both ignoring physical and psychological pain.

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