#grief groups

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I went to group therapy for grief over the death of a loved one, and the therapist had us making our very own Saw traps as a means of processing our emotions. Like art therapy, but evil.

#dream #group therapy #grief #death tw #grief therapy #therapist #saw

[little-pondhead]

Classic "promised-at-birth-to-the-Ghost-King" story, except the contract never states how, exactly, the King is to use the offered soul. Usually, one would be offered as a bride or sacrifice. But with Pariah Dark sealed away, his retainers got a little lazy in the last few millennia. They just made some generic contracts and practically handed them out like candy.

When Danny took over as king via conquest, that included all the weird and messed up soul contracts the previous retainers had signed. And since ghost magic was a thing and seemed to have it out for Danny personally, many of these contracts updated their terms and conditions as soon as that crown hit Danny's head, reflecting the new King's subconscious desires and personality.

This caused many issues with those still around to profit from these contracts. Some people lost their power, some gained more, and some were unbound and kicked to the curb. A few special people found themselves dropping dead after their less-than-ethical abilities disappeared.

Danny was unaware of the chaos he had unintentionally caused for quite a while. It was only brought to his attention when a letter arrived on his desk one day with a copy of someone's valid contract enclosed. The new changes have been highlighted, and a separate note is attached.

It seems that in exchange for blessings of near-immortality for her infant son, a mother had offered Pariah Dark both their souls in order to ensure her child's survival during harsh times. (The souls were to be collected upon death and were to be used as soldiers in the King's Army.) The mother's soul had returned to the Keep decades ago and was recently assigned to tend to the gardens, while her son seemed to have grown into a fine gentleman and was still alive. He used his mother's gifts to serve his country and loved ones well, it seemed.

At first, Danny didn't see what any of this had to do with him. If the mother was already a part of his kingdom, and the son would be eventually, why was a letter about the whole thing showing up before him?

Then he read the revised contract, which bore his magical signature. A signature that overruled the power of Pariah and binding it to him.

'...and as such, in return for the abilities stated above, [Mary Pennyworth] and [Alfred Pennyworth] will fulfill the conditions detailed below, upon pain of Ending.

[Mary Pennyworth], when returned to the Kingdom of Dark Kingdom of Stars, will work as a lieutenant in the Skeleton Army caretaker in the Gardens of Pluto.

STATUS: COMPLETED

[Alfred Pennyworth], when returned to the Kingdom of Dark Kingdom of Stars, will work as a general in the Skeleton Army caretaker of the King and his Court.

STATUS: PENDING'

Danny had to re-read the contract several times to understand what it was saying. He now had a caretaker? What did a caretaker do? Was it like a ghost parent? Could this guy ghost-ground him??

He sighed and pressed the speed dial on his phone for Tucker. Time to find out who the hell this Alfred Pennyworth guy was, and how to break a magic contract when it wasn't even fulfilled yet.

Meanwhile, Alfred had just found the original copy of the contract amongst his mother's belongings after it glowed and drew him in. The paperwork cleared up a lot of mysteries he'd always wondered about himself, even if he disapproved of his mother's methods. Nonetheless, he smoothed out the aged paper with dark green ink, noted the fresh (sloppy, a teenager?) signature, and began preparing to meet this supposed new King and his Court.

It wouldn't hurt to make introductions before he died, after all.

#pondhead blurbs #dpxdc #alfred is now their grandpa #i just want alfred to meet danny and his group of friends and unironically call him 'your majesty' and danny HATES it #like this is the guy who's gonna be my butler/caretaker after he dies? please man just say my name #it's not a cursed name i swear #no one else knows how to feel #cause like #if the contract wasn't in place everyone was sure Alfred would haunt the manor even after death due to his devotion to the wayne family #but now he's already got a job in the afterlife #so how will the bats see their father/grandfather figure now? #Bruce: the obvious solution is to adopt these random kids who still have families so alfred never has to leave :) #alfred isn't even dead yet but the bats are speedrunning their grief in like a week

[canthandlethishit]

tim: the longest lasting, most stable relationship I’ve ever had is with depression

jason: mine’s spite

dick: I meant like romantic relationships but go on

#just a 2am type of conversation about love and shit turned group therapy #idk whats dick’s longest most stable ‘relationship’ is like grief? winning. great hair. guilt #eldest daughter syndrome #tim drake #jason todd #dick grayson #red robin #red hood #nightwing #incorrect quotes #dc incorrect quotes #batfam incorrect quotes

[bread-wizards]

I think a lot of the meta about Orym forgets that Orym isn't just an adventurer, he is a former bodyguard. His self worth is tied up in how well he can protect people and especially his loved ones. Thats why he sold his future to a hag, because its all he had left to give in order to be able to help.

Thats also why he seems so angry after FCG's death.

Otohan has killed his husband and father. Then him. Then he is brought back and told she also killed Fearne and Laudna. She killed Eshteross. She almost kills Keyleth. Now FCG has to sacrifice himself to save them all and kill Otohan and Orym was knocked out for it.

His job is to protect people and even with the added power from Nana Morri, it's still not enough. 6 years later and his loved ones are still dying and he can do nothing but watch.

#cr spoilers #critical role #orym #they have all lost people and are all grieving #but i have seen a lot of people saying he isnt acknowledging other people grief #give him a week to cool down #i see this like laudna when the groups rejoined and she was mad at the other team for having a nice trip #bor'dor was traumatic for all three of them for different reason #but her killing him and leaning into delilah specifically set her off in a way it didnt with the others and they got that #thats also whats happening here #otohan dying from a friend sacrificing themselves to save them all sets orym off #its not just grief this is tied into his everything #like i said #i will argue that a good 95% of his self worth is how well he can serve others #he has chosen to be their protector and everyone is dying #there is no closure to be found in otohans death because he failed even with the power from nana morri #and before anyone jumps on the 'orym fans cant take criticisms' #please just block me #i am being reactionary because people annoyed me #let me do that in peace #i wanna be sad about my little guy

[nav-ix]

also I know we meme on wake's full name but imo it's like that for more reasons than just a joke. it's about how a lyric removed from its context is removed from its meaning, and how that's something worth mourning. it's about names as a vehicle for the preservation of a lost culture. it's about oral history as a tremendous ten thousand year long force. it's about how no lyric is empty of cultural meaning and a song by eminem is as culturally vital as a line from shakespeare or from a national anthem, especially when your business is grieving the culture that created it

#it's about BOE as a group who's approach to grief is vengeance #and how that is STILL an approach to grief #the locked tomb: oops! all grief. its grief again #Awake Remembrance of These Valiant Dead Kia Hua Ko Te Pai Snap Back to Reality Oops There Goes Gravity #commander wake #awake remembrance of these valiant dead #tlt #the locked tomb

[nyaaamato]

bad omens

#rin nohara #team minato #naruto #my art #URGH hi first art post... #i've had such big feelings about rin lately #specifically about the really haunted... distant way she expressed grief and resolution post kanabi bridge and in the moments before she di #d #<- lol the disrespect #it just keeps hitting me how seriously conditioned this generation was into not expressing/identifying with fear #and how reaching adulthood must have felt like such an impossible ordeal #crazy to think how few of the genin from this group ever made it past chunnin... #idk #i feel like she must have heard the death bells tolling for months after obito's death #(which would explain why she seems to grow up so suddenly... and kakashi sort of stagnates like he hasn't even begun to process it) #ARGHHHH i don't know there's too much to write #in like tags #i'm just kind of nuts about her

[cinamun]

Lovemaking | Next

*Bonus: Lullaby

#ts4 #indya #black simblr #Lullaby has entered the group chat #grief is a process #ts4 story #sims 4 story #simblr #ch22

[captainofthetidesbreath]

[blows a kiss out to sea] for the Mighty Nein pirates arc

#I'm!! I have so many thoughts about why this arc is SO GOOD #But the short version is like #It is an arc about Fjord and identity and power and self and agency as he faces the truth of his patron and faces a rival warlock #But it is ALSO about Fjord grappling with those things bc he is ALSO processing grief and sadness and a search for direction and purpose #and grappling with disappointing disillusionment in how the world and people in your life (including maybe yourself) isn't what you thought #and about coming to resolve he has the agency and strength to not allow these things to deter him from purpose and place in the world. #And—this is why this is a PHENOMENAL arc—so is the rest of the Nein. Individually and as a group. #All of them are grappling with feelings of grief and sadness and disappointment and directionless and helplessness #just the grand malaise and relentless shapelessness of what living often is #They also as individuals and as a group together also find that resolve and strength to carry on and find self and purpose and direction #They all begin to process the very same things in their own lives and in their shared experience as The Nein. Simultaneously and together. #It's an arc about Fjord and self and agency in the face of disappointment and grief and disillusionment. #It's an arc about the Nein—individually and as a whole—and self and agency in the face of disappointment and grief and disillusionment. #It's SUCH a strong arc bc ALL of them are taking the same internal journey—structured around Fjord's very externalized version of it. #And it's got incredible vibes (pirate warlocks of a leviathan!) and some GREAT set pieces. And every NPC in the arc is iconic as is Twiggy. #Anyway. In my feelings about this arc. I said this is the short version and yet. #Critical Role things #CR meta

[moonboundcollective]

is this anything

#Group 935 #cod zombies #black ops zombies #Group 935 tag #Host Post #this image came to me in a vision. #the entire time i was making this our dr schuster introject was screaming 'NO DONT JOIN GROUP 935 DONTDONTDONTDONT' #man was speedrunning the 5 stages of grief and then i named the file 'based and maxispilled'. entered the secret 6th stage then. <3

[neverquiteeden]

My Aro Friend-Grief post is doing the rounds again, so I want to change the tone a bit. This is a Positivity Post(TM).

Reblog with at least one experience you've had with your friends or being aro/aro-spec that has brought you genuine joy! Let's get some hope passed around here!

#my friend has said that her future child will be named in my honour #my friend group also went on holiday to this massive house and there was lots of cuddling on the couch and cooking together #and honestly i think that was the Jam. #aro joy #aro grief post #aro experiences #aromantic #aspec #aroace #aro #aromanticism #friendship #platonic love #platonic relationships #arospec #we all doing ok? #we thriving? #aro positivity

[tjalexandernyc]

Recently my brother and I got mom a yearly membership to this ceramics studio because she's been having a great time in her retirement making ceramics and the studio has some rules like "no food outside the kitchenette" and "keep your workstation clean" but there's also a "don't talk politics" rule I guess because it's Florida and getting into it while surrounded by a lot of breakable stuff is a bad idea. Anyway some people there were discussing their kids and Mom was talking about me (she's pretty good now about using they/them for me) and this other lady shuffled over so she could sit next to her and Mom thought "oh no we're going to get into a fight about Politics" which is actually just a fight about me and she was ready to Go but the lady whispered to her "my kid is also trans" and now they're ceramics buddies.

When Mom told me all this I said "oh what's her kid's name? We probably know each other" and Mom said "really??" And I said, no not really, hahaaaaa. She didn't think that was very funny but I enjoyed it

#You might know my mom from the Grief Group story #Same mom!!!

[mountinez]

we actually knew damn well since singapore that, the roles were reversed, charles wouldn't be prioritized. we knew this because last year - in an actual championship fight - we saw the pit wall being gaslighted into "stop inventing" and charles was left out without the protection agreed upon beforehand. seeing the same happening in austin 2023 is not surprising, but it doesn't make it less infuriating. ferrari has been seeing charles as a simple tool to catch results here and there for them, without an ounce of the consideration he deserves for always being there for them.

#charles leclerc #us gp 2023 #i think we need to group to grief or something #it's just so awful man i'm so done

[herestoburiedsecrets]

There are so many incredible scenes in Ghosts but one that always gets to me is the scene from 3x3 when Thomas is standing with Alison in the morning and saying his whole ‘tis no fault of the sun if the eye sees not it’s beauty’ speech because it truly encapsulates this gorgeous, tender moment of acknowledging the beauty in the mundane. Being stuck in a house for centuries is obviously very difficult but there is so much beauty in watching the sun rise every morning and the leaves change colour and the birds fly about. It’s the Captain and his insects, it’s Robin and his mouse family, it’s a day of Mary’s life being Pat’s perfect holiday, and it’s Thomas being transported by a sunrise he has seen a thousand times. Life and nature is so breathtakingly beautiful and I love how much the show illustrates the value of the mundane cycles of life.

#cat.txt #once again i am having intense feelings over this show #i feel like one things this show does so well is saying a lot without saying much at all #it is a group of ghosts in a house who have petty arguments while the two owners are trying not to go broke accomplishing their dreams #and it is also about life and existence and beauty in the mundane and family and loss and grief and joy and liberation and finding a family #literally thinking about this show just makes me go absolutely insane #bbc ghosts #bbc ghosts spoilers

[iamsigningmylifeaway]

most chemically balanced yasha enjoyer

#the mighty nein #yasha nydoorin #critical role #cr #cr2 #like I feel so much about her #we are on like night four of thinking about her in grief as I go to sleep #like in all the moments of triumph and pivotal character growth and bonding through #the group that lesbian barbarian is enslaved by satan somewhere committing more atrocities she will never forgive herself for #while everyone is walking the path to growth she is being further driven down and MOST OF #HER COMPANIONS DONT EVEN BELIEVE SHE DOESNT WANT IT #*punches drywall*

[liviusofpella]

season 1 of theodora reminds me of atonement (2007) which makes it all the more gut wrenching soul crushing and heartbreaking

#screaming into the void #THEO AND LAWRENCE DESERVED MORE TIME TOGETHER #THEO AND LAWRENCE SHOULDVE SETTLED DOWN IN HIMWORDE AND GO TO FRIEDRICH'S PERFORMANCES AND JOHN SHOULD'VE STAYED TOO AND WORKED IN THE HSPTL #AND BRUNO WOULD'VE GROWN UP SURROUNDED BY THE MOST AMAZING FOUND FAMILY IN THE WORLD #THIS IS STAGE THREE OF GRIEF BTW!!! #I CRIED SO HARD LAST NIGHT I WOKE UP WITH A HEADACHE FUNNNN #HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FALL FOR ANTONIO WHOS A VERY CHARMING DADDY WHEN I WILL NEVER BE OVER LAWRENCE AND THE REST OF THE GROUP!!!! #AND CHARLOTTE MY SWEET DELICATE FLOWER DESERVES THE WORLD BUT MY HEART IS BREAKING WHENEVER I BUY HER 💎OPTION #tldr im not fine #romance club #rc theodora #rc lawrence #theodora avery #lawrence barkley

[monkeymeghan]

Sorry I've been MIA. Life has had some pretty good highs and some really horrible lows recently. Christmas was great, but a few days later my mom went back into the hospital. After spending a day in the ER she was transferred back down to Philadelphia. She has a bad exacerbation of her CHF and it's not looking great. It's already gotten to the point where being the primary caregiver for both mom and dad has gotten to be too much, but now there's no way I'd be able to take care of her post-discharge, whenever that may be. Thankfully I have an amazing brother and SIL who are here for me and we are all going to do this together. My SIL drove me and dad down to Philly today to visit with mom. It took about an hour to get there. It was so nice to be able to see mom, not on facetime, but in person, and be able to hold her hand, talk to her, give her a hug and a kiss. But it was so fucking hard to see her like that. I don't know how long she will be in the hospital, but it's going to be a long stay. In the meantime, once the social workers reach out this week, we will all have to work together to figure out what type of facility is best suited for mom's needs, is close to home, and can safely provide all the care she needs. It kills me knowing that mom won't come back home. Just sitting here writing this, sitting in the living room where I usually am watching TV with mom at this hour, being here alone is hard. I'm crying just thinking about it. I hate this. I hate all of this. Coincidentally enough, the weekly email from church last week included a flyer about an anticipatory grief support group that another place nearby will be hosting. I signed up for it, its virtual, for 8 weeks, and starts February 1. I'm glad, because I don't know how to do this. I'm so scared.

#mom #chf #congestive heart failure #family #brother #sister #SIL #philadelphia #philly #hospitals #hospitalizations #anticipatory grief #support groups #personal