There’s a sensation that arises whereby I can’t find anything more to say or do, feel powerless and without any impetus to act. I would go as far as to say that coherent thought seems to break down.
This sensation always passes (otherwise I wouldn’t be writing this) but the aftermath is a profound sense of numbness. It’s where I lose my voice, not in a literal sense but in the experience of feeling without anything more to say.
And so I stop.
Passivity sets in and it becomes hard to motivate much of anything.
I’m not sure this makes much sense, now I try to express it. Like I said, I have the sensation of numbness around myself. There doesn’t seem to be anything meaningful left to add to the conversation.
“Do not speak – unless it improves on silence.”
Buddha Gautama
Enough said.
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Clicking on “like” isn’t really appropriate, because I sympathise with your situation. Hope you get through it soon, dude. One thought that struck me recently was perhaps do your initial exploration of a new game world/system with a closed table of players you know well. I find that whenever I feel underprepared or worried about a new system, my long-time players (and friends) are potentially more forgiving than random people who may have differing expectations. Anyway mate, hope you get back to play in some form soon. Take care buddy.
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Everyone’s path out of the ‘the blues’ is different but, overall, accomplishing anything, no matter how small, seems to help. As for having nothing to ‘add to the conversation’, there are some fundamental things that always need to be re-expressed. Never be afraid of ‘repeating yourself’ or ‘going over the same ground’ because the last time you may have talked about it, you were a different person. Even subtle reformulations of a truism can allow someone to learn from it. You really never know what effect your words or actions (or silence and inaction) may have. That’s just part of the human condition.
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