Thanks for all the good advice! And for taking the time to type it down. I was wondering about the knot actually, thanks for clarifying that.
I love the idea of playing with the number of strands to emphasize parts of the design, hopefully will soon be designing original work. The compression glove seems to be a must, I didn't even know they existed!
Granted. You know the outcome before you get involved, meaning before you even establish contact. Everyone you cross paths with is potentially a relationship with an outcome you now know, as a result you have a natural emotional response to each one without any of them actually happening in reality. Any exposure to people becomes unbearable, merely going outside carries the risk of having the worst possible outcomes imaginable become part of your headspace, constantly. This dumps you into a permanent state of neurosis and paranoia, you start isolating yourself from anyone and then become incapable of functioning mentally and emotionally. Of course no one believes you and after your family gets involved, you are forcibly committed to a mental institution where there's an unending stream of worst possible outcomes for you to know.
Granted. You're given such wish, someone else's wish. You're now eternally bound to make it happen.
Granted. The limits of your human mind remain the same: too small, too fragile. Unable to comprehend the breadth of the cosmos itself, you're now like a rubber balloon trying to contain the ocean. You go immediately insane.
Granted. Your car falls off the side of the road on your way home. You're now in a coma.
People! What a bunch of bastards!
Hope you're well stranger
Cool. I'm not making an argument nor countering whatever it is you believe, please don't mistake my engagement, have zero interest in 'discussing' with you. I was merely answering your question about my previous comment. Live as you see fit.
Right or wrong is beside the point. Therapy is about emotional balance and well-being. I sincerely hope you're well but these kinds of rants often come across as personal anger being projected on topic x. I don't doubt that's how you see the world around you at the moment but not everyone does and that doesn't mean they're wrong, blind or stupid. Some people can see the same atrocious state you see and counterbalance it with the good they can also see around them. Being aware of our species wrong-doings is as important as becoming sensitive to its virtues. If someone can't see any virtues at all, to the point they advocate death, they're more likely either insensitive or have been handed a very rough hand in life. Therapy can help in any of those cases.
It's started!
TBH that rant did very little to disprove therapy might be in order
Thanks! Very useful advice really. I'm the kind of person who wouldn't have thought about this until way too late. So far I'm just starting to get the hang of it. My goal is to get to the point where I can design original art that I can then cross-stitch and frame. My first project is a doodle my 5 year-old made the other day that I traced using an app meant for pixel art and then made into a very basic pattern (one colour, no backstitching or half stitches). Time to work on it is limited but I'm having lots of fun so far