CountDracula

[MATURE] The Vampire RP

@Aisling "You've got nothing to lose if you cry in public," Dracula said. "I have to fear being assassinated all the time... when I cry in public, I give assassins a hint to my weaknesses."

[MATURE] The Vampire RP

@Aisling Dracula noticed that Mystique was not feeling good. "You don't have to hide your tears here... none of us will hurt you, I promise."

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@Aisling Dracula shook his head. "For that, I'd have to repress it, but repressing it isn't good at all for your soul... some day, the thoughts will come back, and then, they'll be stronger than ever before. Believe me. I've tried this as well..."

[MATURE] The Vampire RP

@Aisling "The hardest part is when you have to hold a speech of encouragement... when you really want to hide in a corner and cry." Dracula put on a CD. "This perfectly describes my feelings."

The song

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@Aisling "I doubt that those in the US are as bad as what people say of them... at least, the DSM - the book that is used by therapists all around the world to diagnose illnesses - is being written by the American Assosiation of Psychologists, and it is one of the best books out there," Dracula explained. "You don't have to be sorry... I'm like a time bomb. I can explode at any time... it's a reason why they classify me as 'psychologically disabled'."

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@Aisling "You know what?" Dracula asked. "That is e-xact-ly the same things that the specialists who can't think outside of their bookcases tell you to do... it's the things that I've been trying for years. I've been living with this for 568 years. Thanks, but this won't help me. In fact, all this 'have you tried [put in well-known method that every therapist will tell you to try here]' can get a bit annoying over the years... I know that you're trying to help me. But you should know that I've tried a lot. Really a lot. As I've said, I've seen 17 different specialists and been to mental hospitals for over ten years in total... the nazis actually wanted to kill me because of this. There are tons and tons of methods I've tried... especially when they are as common as writing things down."

[MATURE] The Vampire RP

@Aisling "It is much, much better than suppressing my emotions. What good does suppressing your emotions have?" Dracula asked. "That might help you for a short time, but on the long run, it will make your disorders much worse. By the way, vampires don't have blood pressure... our hearts aren't beating."

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@Aisling Dracula had calmed down a bit. "I've studied psychiology and psychiatry. I'm one of those specialists... and I can tell you that most of us can think outside their books. For what other reason does it take us ten hours at least to just find a diagnosis? If we can get it all from books? Most of us know that humans are complex, and that those books can be helpful, but they are everything but perfect. - Psychology and psychiatry are both very young sciences. They have only emerged in the late 19th century. And imagine you had just invented the cabinet for spices: In the beginning, you have two drawers: One for 'sweet' and one for 'not sweet'. It is only over the years that you'll find out that you can differentiate the tastes of spices even more... and it's the same with psychology and psychiatry. In the beginning, we had 'not mentally ill' and 'mentally ill'... by the way, it is a symptom of PTSD that you get upset easily."

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