continued Thatfucker discussion

[anonniemouse]

Since we've been kicked off FFA for the week, please feel free to continue the anon discussion here. Apologies if this is a big flop - I've never made a DW community before!

The rules are vaguely the same as they are over on FFA. Please refrain from being too much of an asshole, making personal attacks, posting identifying information or engaging in transfail.

ETA: If there's information you'd like to see archived (journal/blog posts related to Andy, etc.), please dump it here and link to it from the main post for discussing.

Comments

Re: Channeling questions

[(Anonymous)]

I'm glad you found it helpful, anon. I actually pulled the seance thing too, and more than once. I think it's fairly common for kids to experiment with that sort of thing, or to play elaborate fantasy games.

What separates what I did from that is, A) I always knew on some level that it wasn't real, B) I deliberately convinced other people that it was, C) I scared people severely or had them plan to do (if not actually do) risky or dangerous things, and C) I carried on like this until I was 15 year-old. And to be entirely honest, I didn't stop because of what it did to other people. I stopped because I started to believe my need to indulge in fantasy and lies was a sign of emotional immaturity. I found that embarrassing, and that's why I stopped.

Ugh. I need to stop myself for rambling on and sharing more than is necessary. Just know that you aren't alone, and you're hardly the worst example of this sort of behavior.

Re: Channeling questions

[(Anonymous)]

... that last one should be D. I DO know the alphabet, I promise.

Time for sleep.

Re: Channeling questions

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT The latest I remember doing it is once, when I was sixteen, and I convinced my boyfriend I could see a bunch of dead soldiers walking across a field towards us. But that was a one-off; I'd largely given it up by the time I was twelve.
I hate that memory, though because it sounds so much like teenage Andy.