this is NOT greatest hits

petplay where youire a fish but i forgot to cycle the water in your tank so the chemicals are inbalanced and you die

That was the wrONG GIF

Actually no it still works it’s pretty accurate

I'm curious--how do you guys go about creating your OCs?

Sure, you know how to self-flagellate, but do you know how to apologize? Saying "I'm a stupid idiot" is not the same thing as saying "I did something wrong."

People who want an apology pretty much never want to hear "I'm a stupid idiot." If someone is actually trying to get you to say you're a stupid idiot, it's not because it will make up for a mistake you made or harm you caused. It's because they want you to feel like a stupid idiot. People who care about you do not want you to feel like a stupid idiot and it hurts them when they see you putting yourself down in their name.

It also steers the conversation away from an apology to the people you hurt and towards comforting and reassuring you.

setting boundaries isn't enough i need the architecture of reality to physically warp to function as a maladaptive defence mechanism that reflects my emotional state