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It's not though? He can change everything in existence, from shapes to laws and people.

it's not quite what I said

Well, he was presenting believable proof while she just had just a notebook and allegedly psychological issues. He still didn't do anything to her this time to make her doubt him.

oh yes, sorry. I just skimmed what you wrote and understood something else.

So, i think that the concrete proof he always prepares, the fact that she was desperate to believe him due to the stress she went through(over the things she originally believed as the truth), plus the intense relief she felt over her parents being alive, led to her instant, momentary trust over his words.

Anxiety + doubt + all the small things that fail to prove her memories + her need for relief, all led to this. The brain is adaptive like that for the best and for the worst. She is avoiding facing the tiny possibilities that could bring her back to doubt, hence why her face looked so desperately relieved in the end. Hope this makes sense, i tried to explain it as well as i could, gthe way i perceive it is too abstract to explain it any better.

yes, but I think that's not enough to believe him, not that fast and devoted, at least, but I think she wanted to believe him the most, and that's what really impacted

no prob

Yes, I agree
I was joking before, but I really think that it's her wanting to believe the most

Nah cause what’s more believable? A cosmic horror killed and revived everyone around you day after day and systematically changed the world over and over to torture you OR you watched too much horror and your brain is misremembering it after your head injury that left you with amnesia? I’m picking brain malfunction especially since I have glitches despite my brain being perfectly fine. He’s suggesting she’s got déjà vu in the extreme which absolutely could happen. Déjà vu works because your brain processes things it’s seen or experienced as an old memory being revisited rather than a brand new blank slate. It’s the same as accidentally adding a new telephone number to an existing contact instead of creating a brand new contact number. That’s believable and scientifically proven. I don’t blame her at all.

The brain can even totally replace an old memory during a state where the hormones of stressed are increased. Take for example a subtype of obsessive compulsive disorder which is called "false memories ocd".

*hormones of stress

Yuppp and your mind can completely pretend that memories don’t exist and have never existed and will replace the whole time period with whole other narrative because of ptsd. I’ve got ptsd and although I can remember what happened to me in clear detail down to the very scent of the air around me, I cannot remember the months that happened before or after in detail and the details I remember are wrong which sucks cause I apparently wrote my final exams about a sad banana that just wants to be friends with the other fruit in the bowl lol the brain is very weird and basically a toddler gremlin

I have ptsd plus ocd and i can totally relate! I often treat the triggering thoughts i get as a separate little monster which helps me recognise when i'm about to spiral lol We are not our thoughts nor our experiences, we are who we choose to be!

Nevertheless, i'm currently studying to become a psychologist (on my last year in uni) and memories is one of the most fascinating subjects.

I’m also studying psychology but specifically cause I’m so so so over cbt therapy being like “thoughts are like buses and you can choose which bus to get on…” cause my thoughts are like super sonic trains and I’m tied to the tracks they run on lmao

I hope you find a way that helps you manage your ptsd and ocd best! I say cause everyone knows you never 100% get cured or either of those things

I wholeheartedly agree. I also dislike how often a lot of therapists think "one method fits all". Every person is different and reacts differently, even if they are plagued by the same issue.

Oh i have! In fact finding what works best by myself through research, is what pushed me to pursue the specific degree. I've been the healthiest i've ever been after practicing erp by myself. I've had quite a few unfortunate consultations with both psychologists and psychiatrists and desperation forced me to rely on myself (it also helped that psychology was kind of a hobby even before i had any thoughts of pursuing). I still do go through anxiety episodes, but it's easier to manage now that i at least have my ocd under control. These conditions may be chronic, but they are still very manageable, to the point you can have a perfectly normal life. So never give up.I wish you the best for your healing journey.

Ooooo yay!!! I love hearing success stories!! I’m so proud of you!! Thank you for the encouragement!

:)

I mean it’s not unusual.
All it takes for my bf is to look at me naked and he’s hard lol

Been with my partner for 10 years and he’s the same, lol. Some people are just like that

but in this case
that's the first time they've seen each other since YEARS
and she was FULL clothed lol
For him to have that erection like that he must had a lot of fantasies with her, to the point that's what he thinks first when he sees her
I don't think that's the normal reaction to most people but who cares

Ngl I was here contextless and that’s a lot more weird LMAO. Maybe I don’t read this one then

he's not weird tho (so far
it's def worth giving it a try
but it's sex, sex and sex

Well when you put it that way, yes I can agree with your point of it being weird. I think that in the last chapter he actually said that he has had fantasies about her so with that we can assume it didn’t take much for him to have an instant erection. Tho with this context I do agree with you, it is weird lol