I have two friends who both care about me a lot. We've been through hell together here. One of them at home. They're very different people, though. And they've got different ideas about how best to deal with trauma.
One of them thinks it's best to just press on. There's no real time to stop here. We're running out of time. We need to save everyone. Every person's vital to that effort, and I'm one of the few doctors here. I have a lot of medical supplies. I'm a trained trauma surgeon and battlefield medic. So, fight on, deal with everything later when there's a better time for it.
The other one thinks it's better to... fall to pieces, I guess you'd say. Just break, and deal with everything that's been building up now. Let people handle it while I'm out of commission. [Useless. Is what he really means.] And try to piece myself back together in the middle of everything going on that's still going on. And going to keep going on.
I ended up having a bit of a row with my mate who wants the latter. We made a deal that we'd talk to each other about some of the things happening here. He needs it. But neither of us has really been following through.
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Date: 2018-05-14 01:53 am (UTC)From:One of them thinks it's best to just press on. There's no real time to stop here. We're running out of time. We need to save everyone. Every person's vital to that effort, and I'm one of the few doctors here. I have a lot of medical supplies. I'm a trained trauma surgeon and battlefield medic. So, fight on, deal with everything later when there's a better time for it.
The other one thinks it's better to... fall to pieces, I guess you'd say. Just break, and deal with everything that's been building up now. Let people handle it while I'm out of commission. [Useless. Is what he really means.] And try to piece myself back together in the middle of everything going on that's still going on. And going to keep going on.
I ended up having a bit of a row with my mate who wants the latter. We made a deal that we'd talk to each other about some of the things happening here. He needs it. But neither of us has really been following through.