Dr. Harleen Quinzel

"Booking a one way ticket out of here. What are you doing?"

What's your ticket? Do you have a plan of action or are you counting on something happening to you?

"I'm always counting on something happening to me. This time I'm counting on not coming back from it though. Everything on this side of the tracks is taken care of."

"The only thing left is to plan my funeral and get on with it. Not much left after that."

This is what I get for going off script. People are always determined to misunderstand you.

"Yes and haven't decided yet. We're still planning the funeral."

"Booking a one way ticket out of here. What are you doing?"

What's your ticket? Do you have a plan of action or are you counting on something happening to you?

"I'm always counting on something happening to me. This time I'm counting on not coming back from it though. Everything on this side of the tracks is taken care of."

"The only thing left is to plan my funeral and get on with it. Not much left after that."

This is what I get for going off script. People are always determined to misunderstand you.

I know you want to help people. You will be better at helping people if you pick your battles.

Also it's not even true that I only have one responsibility, we have foster kids popping in and out all over the place, and I'm a teacher so I have students, and I'm a student so I have classes. And then there's people who are in shitty situations because of me, like Steven and Harry. I don't get to ignore everyone else just because I'm exhausted.

You have much less responsibility to those other people than you do to your daughter. It is not your job to be their caregiver or mental health provider. At all.

"Booking a one way ticket out of here. What are you doing?"

What's your ticket? Do you have a plan of action or are you counting on something happening to you?

"I'm always counting on something happening to me. This time I'm counting on not coming back from it though. Everything on this side of the tracks is taken care of."

"Booking a one way ticket out of here. What are you doing?"

What's your ticket? Do you have a plan of action or are you counting on something happening to you?

@headcase-in-residence help my friend made a suicide attempt and i think it might have worked. also this spider ^^ is underage and is going to tear his skin grafts if he doesn't stay in fucking bed

You are not his parent or legal guardian. I don't know who is.

Noted. I don't appreciate people who aren't my therapist diagnosing me though. Y'all can kindly fuck off.

As for what to do about it, there’s a lot of cognitive and behavioral interventions that can be useful tools for people with personality disorders, if we did find that you had one. But you don’t need to do anything about it. I think the disorder label is misleading, honestly, because it’s not something that needs to be fixed, or even can be changed, a lot of the time. It’s just useful to understand how your brain works, especially when it works differently from a majority of people’s. Same as any other psych diagnosis.

Honestly I don't see another way that it makes sense to be in my situation. Should I just sit at home with my super strength and healing and webs and catch up on my Netflix queue?

You have to find a healthy balance for yourself between your personal life and your public life. And the more responsibilities you develop on a personal scale, the more that balance is going to naturally swing away from your responsibilities in other parts of your life. Even if you're the Amazing Spider-Man.

Look, man, maybe I'm narcissistic or whatever, but if I didn't have a purpose, if I didn't feel like I was helping, I'd probably just...I dunno. I wouldn't need to be around, would I?

And that definitely applies to other people, and not just to you.

I don't want anyone else to feel like that.

I dunno. Just something to think about.

Noted. I don't appreciate people who aren't my therapist diagnosing me though. Y'all can kindly fuck off.

As for what to do about it, there’s a lot of cognitive and behavioral interventions that can be useful tools for people with personality disorders, if we did find that you had one. But you don’t need to do anything about it. I think the disorder label is misleading, honestly, because it’s not something that needs to be fixed, or even can be changed, a lot of the time. It’s just useful to understand how your brain works, especially when it works differently from a majority of people’s. Same as any other psych diagnosis.

Honestly I don't see another way that it makes sense to be in my situation. Should I just sit at home with my super strength and healing and webs and catch up on my Netflix queue?

You have to find a healthy balance for yourself between your personal life and your public life. And the more responsibilities you develop on a personal scale, the more that balance is going to naturally swing away from your responsibilities in other parts of your life. Even if you're the Amazing Spider-Man.

Look, man, maybe I'm narcissistic or whatever, but if I didn't have a purpose, if I didn't feel like I was helping, I'd probably just...I dunno. I wouldn't need to be around, would I?

And that definitely applies to other people, and not just to you.

Noted. I don't appreciate people who aren't my therapist diagnosing me though. Y'all can kindly fuck off.

As for what to do about it, there’s a lot of cognitive and behavioral interventions that can be useful tools for people with personality disorders, if we did find that you had one. But you don’t need to do anything about it. I think the disorder label is misleading, honestly, because it’s not something that needs to be fixed, or even can be changed, a lot of the time. It’s just useful to understand how your brain works, especially when it works differently from a majority of people’s. Same as any other psych diagnosis.

Honestly I don't see another way that it makes sense to be in my situation. Should I just sit at home with my super strength and healing and webs and catch up on my Netflix queue?

You have to find a healthy balance for yourself between your personal life and your public life. And the more responsibilities you develop on a personal scale, the more that balance is going to naturally swing away from your responsibilities in other parts of your life. Even if you're the Amazing Spider-Man.

Noted. I don't appreciate people who aren't my therapist diagnosing me though. Y'all can kindly fuck off.

As for what to do about it, there’s a lot of cognitive and behavioral interventions that can be useful tools for people with personality disorders, if we did find that you had one. But you don’t need to do anything about it. I think the disorder label is misleading, honestly, because it’s not something that needs to be fixed, or even can be changed, a lot of the time. It’s just useful to understand how your brain works, especially when it works differently from a majority of people’s. Same as any other psych diagnosis.

Noted. I don't appreciate people who aren't my therapist diagnosing me though. Y'all can kindly fuck off.

miss 100% of the shots you don’t take

actually it’s fine if harley knows idc. if my psychiatrist gets jealous of my imaginary crush then that’s on her

Oh, yeah? *Harley frowns.* What kind of weird?

*Like she could dissolve into the moss and travel the root systems for miles on end. But she tries not to say things like that because it makes Harley worry.*

But I know how you get antsy in town for too long. We should take a camping trip now that the weather's nice again. Maybe up in the Poconos where there's no cell signal.

*Her lip curls mischievously on one side.*

I'm so close to affording that cabin for you, baby. We're gonna live out there, off the grid, in harmony with nature. How things are supposed to be. I hate seeing you so stifled by the city. Mm. You'll be so much more powerful out there. So much happier.

Springtime, huh? All that warm air and sunshine. I guess it does something to a girl.

Sure beats sitting under the grow lights over the winter.

*She smiles coyly and wraps her arms around to hold her.*

We can probably arrange the moss thing. You would look so beautiful covered in moss.

Oh, yeah? *Harley frowns.* What kind of weird?

*Like she could dissolve into the moss and travel the root systems for miles on end. But she tries not to say things like that because it makes Harley worry.*

But I know how you get antsy in town for too long. We should take a camping trip now that the weather's nice again. Maybe up in the Poconos where there's no cell signal.

*Her lip curls mischievously on one side.*

I'm so close to affording that cabin for you, baby. We're gonna live out there, off the grid, in harmony with nature. How things are supposed to be. I hate seeing you so stifled by the city. Mm. You'll be so much more powerful out there. So much happier.

Springtime, huh? All that warm air and sunshine. I guess it does something to a girl.

Sure beats sitting under the grow lights over the winter.