@Tlazolteotl Some of my theories are:

1. He never had anyone in his corner ever
2. Feeling overall worthless, unimportant, unworthy and undeserving, etc.
3. Intellectual disability possibly or autism and no one took the time to help him? I could see a case for hard-of-hearing too

@Tlazolteotl Seconding what Silver said, although in broader strokes, I guess Wesley grew up isolated. That's kinda what I'm picking out in terms of the club symbolism; Wesley sees everyone around him as happy together excluding himself, perhaps he's rationalized that he doesn't deserve to have friends (which is why he never tried to interact with the clubgoers in his catharsis iirc)

That's just what I think though, otherwise I have basically the exact same conclusions as Sliver

For group Damien, Vicis@Stanifly, Aelvira, Silas: anyone want to tackle their troubles first?

I did want to ask @silver21 @Stanifly and @Auragreedia, what do you guys think was weighing on Wesley/Westbound's mind?

Idm going first with Vicis! just need to figure out a natural way for him to bring up his troubles. question though, so far we've seen 2 examples of how a catharsis can be carried out - in the main Catharsis 'area' itself (like with Charlie) and in the character's personal Catharsis mental headspace. which is the ideal route to go? is it dependent on how complicated the char's problems are, e.g. being able to solve it thru talking things out or having to cycle thru past memories/exps like mr. westbound here?

p much agree w silver and Auragreedia's points! tho if you're asking what I clocked from westbound's issues it was mainly the fact that he could never seem to figure out how to connect w anyone and vice versa, and it just snowballed into resignation. can sorta relate lol ppl and social cues are a mystery to me sometimes

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Just to clarify, what happened in Charlie's Catharsis was also in her own personal Catharsis mental headspace (not in what you described as "main area"). The Keeper made is so that others can experience other people's personal space in "Lost in Translation". (I am also thinking that, if the person allows it, they can invite people over to their own mental space; or it can bleed over to other people's mental space if they empathize enough)

As a heads up I won’t be posting until at least Friday probably. Hanging with family for the holiday 🎄

@spiral origin how you've been doing?

@Tlazolteotl @JJ Doe I like chaos but wouuuuuld it be too chaotic if Teresa and Vicis could perceive/interact with Jay but not each other? LOL

We can try 😂