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June 14, 2026

Mental health day

by David M Willis on September 27, 2023 at 12:01 am
  • 01 – Everybody's Looking for Nothing
└ Tags: dorothy

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  1. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    September 27, 2023 at 12:02 am | #

    Dorothy, there’s a magical place you can go where you are allowed to play video games on a dinosaur with no pants on. The price of admission is just some Nachitos.

    Also, I’m dead set on someone walking into that room and misreading the situation. If it’s going to be Lucy then it would be even funnier if Dorothy were there because Walky would be having a No Pants Party with TWO of his exes. But Dorothy’s presence also unlocks the equally funny Becky option, because then Becky gets to find her girlfriend pantsless with both her rival and a boy. And that’s not even counting the hilarious possibilities if Joyce joins in.

    You know what? The more the merrier. No Pants Party at Amber and Dina’s, entire cast!

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      September 27, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

      They just get joined by every cast member, on at a time, and there’s just a pile of pants at the foot of the dinosaur. Walky is the only one not in his undies.

      • Slartibeast Button, BIA
        Slartibeast Button, BIA
        September 27, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

        And then Margaret Dumont comes and opens the door and a tidal wave of people pours out.

        https://tenor.com/view/marx-brothers-a-night-at-the-opera-margaret-dumont-opens-the-door-stateroom-scene-gif-26348200

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          September 27, 2023 at 12:14 am | #

          An absolute classic.

      • Gigafreak
        Gigafreak
        September 27, 2023 at 8:56 am | #

        Open the door
        Pants on the floor
        Party on the beanbag dinosaur

    • Kyoulkoa
      Kyoulkoa
      September 27, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

      There’s a party on dinosaur and everyone is invited

      • Slartibeast Button, BIA
        Slartibeast Button, BIA
        September 27, 2023 at 12:12 am | #

        Who’s to blame when a party gets out of control?

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      September 27, 2023 at 12:18 am | #

      Had to double check if this was milu’s comment. 🤞 Hopefully they’re already busy drawing. ❤

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        September 27, 2023 at 12:21 am | #

        Oh that’s embarrasing. I meant Yotomoe. 🤦🏼‍♂️ Damnit brain, it’s time for a q-tip.

      • milu
        milu
        September 27, 2023 at 11:50 am | #

        Oofff yeah I’m second-hand embarrassed that you would confuse my poorly executed immature DOA fansmut with Yoto’s way better made immature DOA fansmut. However as it turns out i have drawn something along those lines a few days ago

        part 1

        part 2

        • Decidedly Orthogonal
          Decidedly Orthogonal
          September 27, 2023 at 6:47 pm | #

          These are excellent. Keep it up milu. Ya got skills.

          • milu
            milu
            September 27, 2023 at 7:11 pm | #

            Listen, i want be polite and say thank you but also i saw your reply in the rss feed and somehow forgot about this post and thought you’d just warmly validated my ridiculous puns thread downpage and i have to admit

            i’m so disappointed

    • Lars
      Lars
      September 27, 2023 at 2:23 am | #

      Funny if it’s not the regular cast. Joice walks and finds Arnold, Ryu (or Guile or Bison, whatever, something from Street Fighter) Asma, Other Rachel and Beef without pants.

    • Only for the one comment
      Only for the one comment
      September 27, 2023 at 6:28 pm | #

      Por que no Los todos?

    • Ophidiophile
      Ophidiophile
      September 30, 2023 at 4:24 am | #

      Damn. You read the situation SO well.

  2. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    September 27, 2023 at 12:02 am | #

    speaking for myself, need a Mental Health Year or five

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      September 27, 2023 at 12:03 am | #

      SAME BRUH 😭🫂

      • True Survivor
        True Survivor
        September 27, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

        Oh no. I’m really sorry.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      September 27, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

      I’ve found an easy solution to that situation: retirement.

      • Diane
        Diane
        September 27, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

        Is that still allowed in this economy?

        • Slartibeast Button, BIA
          Slartibeast Button, BIA
          September 27, 2023 at 12:13 am | #

          Only for boomers like me.

          • clif
            clif
            September 27, 2023 at 1:38 am | #

            Retirement is like being kid again, except without parents to tell you what you can’t do.

            • Ryan
              Ryan
              September 27, 2023 at 1:56 am | #

              But typically with a slowly (or quickly) failing body telling you what you can’t do.

              • clif
                clif
                September 27, 2023 at 2:19 am | #

                Well, yes, but that takes a while if you’re lucky.

              • Leorale
                Leorale
                September 27, 2023 at 11:27 am | #

                Age is wasted on the old.

              • Ana Chronistic
                Ana Chronistic
                September 27, 2023 at 11:59 pm | #

                Youth: Lots of time, lots of energy, no money
                Adult: Some energy, some money, no time
                Elder: Lots of time, some money, no energy

    • Jo_cubstar
      Jo_cubstar
      September 27, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

      Feels

    • ABunchOTrees
      ABunchOTrees
      September 27, 2023 at 12:17 am | #

      Jeez, what would you do with all that time? I suppose you could blast it all away doomscrolling or watching videos, maybe reading books or playing video games, but in the absence of all that? I get bored in at most an hour, and that’s *after* deliberate training.

    • Decidedly Orthogonal
      Decidedly Orthogonal
      September 27, 2023 at 12:20 am | #

      Year 6 here. Not really feeling like I’ve made any headway. On the other hand, between covid and rising fascism, the world is crashing down around me, so I don’t have as far to go, to stand back up as a decent person again.

      • Decidedly Orthogonal
        Decidedly Orthogonal
        September 27, 2023 at 12:29 am | #

        I suppose it doesn’t help that police are *still* getting called when I lawfully show up to pick up our kid for access.

        • NGPZ
          NGPZ
          September 27, 2023 at 1:31 am | #

          That’s just awful bruh, so sorry you have to deal with that 😔

        • Laura
          Laura
          September 27, 2023 at 1:40 am | #

          I’m sorry that is happening. 🙁

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      September 27, 2023 at 12:26 am | #

      I’m just starting my twenty-first consecutive mental health year. In five years I get a gold watch.

      • Agemegos
        Agemegos
        September 27, 2023 at 12:36 am | #

        Sorry, brain fart. I’m halfway through my 22nd year.

        • clif
          clif
          September 27, 2023 at 1:25 am | #

          So only four years to a gold watch?

          I never got my gold watch, but then I never got my flying car either.

          • Jon
            Jon
            September 27, 2023 at 2:42 am | #

            You don’t want flying cars. You’ve seen how people drive in two dimensions – let’s not add a third.

    • Aura
      Aura
      September 27, 2023 at 12:40 am | #

      Eugh, who doesn’t?

      • Azhrei Vep
        Azhrei Vep
        September 27, 2023 at 7:16 am | #

        I’m good, thanks. Frankly, it sounds exhausting.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      September 27, 2023 at 12:55 am | #

      I took a Mental Health Year (minus about two months) in the middle of college. I was feeling really refreshed and ready for a new start after it was over.

      Unfortunately for my sorry ass, the semester immediately following my Mental Health Year was Spring 2020.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        September 27, 2023 at 7:16 pm | #

        Mine was 2003-. I noticed things were not working right after the wreck and my normal outlet of writing poetry about the situation wasn’t working either, that’s when I discovered I had a TBI from when I got killed, which was a fact that I also didn’t find out at the time, both the getting killed and the TBI. I didn’t get my blog up and running until 2008, so no outlets for like 7 years from the wreck until I started doing the blog.

    • Essex
      Essex
      September 27, 2023 at 3:27 am | #

      that was 2016 for me. had a minor breakdown at the end of 2015 and had major panic attacks forcing me to drop out of my studies cue depression and insomnia leading to most of 2016 involving doing very little apart from therapy working on myself and building new friendships through my local board game store, this did eventually lead me to the job i am in now though which i love, so everything works out i guess?

    • Pergola
      Pergola
      September 27, 2023 at 9:44 am | #

      Never neglect your mental health!

  3. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    September 27, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    o3o I often wish I could sleep all day every day but I guess that’d be akin to death. But I do love sleepin’.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      September 27, 2023 at 12:09 am | #

      As someone with narcolepsy, sleeping is both what I do way too much, and yet is something I constantly want.

    • Angel
      Angel
      September 27, 2023 at 12:51 am | #

      best to take naps while you can. too bad ppl can’t nap during work. well, maybe if you have a ‘cushy’ job where you get an hour break but unless you can fall asleep instantly and wake up ten mins before it ends idk how much it’d help

      (I hear japan and other places have a break room with beds but that’s technically a negative thing if you’re literally sleeping at work and not abl e to go hoem lol)

      • wwwhhattt
        wwwhhattt
        September 27, 2023 at 4:37 am | #

        At the factory I work at the lunch area has a raised tatami area in the lunch hall for people to sleep on in their breaks

      • milu
        milu
        September 27, 2023 at 3:50 pm | #

        yeah, i frequently take midtime naps when i do seasonal picking jobs, like i’ll rush my lunch just to get that sweet extra couple minutes in

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        September 28, 2023 at 12:01 am | #

        I skip lunch and just nap in my car

        (granted, even when we have work, which isn’t often these days, I just eat at my desk whenever)

    • Rowan
      Rowan
      September 27, 2023 at 3:05 am | #

      I feel this so hard. Even after a 12 hour sleep, I wish I could sleep more. The ultimate activity for not having to think about your problems/reality.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      September 27, 2023 at 3:21 pm | #

      Yeah, I’ve tried this experiment, repeatedly and at length, where I sleep a ton, with practically zero responsibilities, for weeks.

      Because, I always feel overwhelmed, so I imagine that a few open-ended weeks of nothingness ought to address that problem / help relieve the overwhelm, right?

      Unfortunately, though, it’s a situation where depression totally *thrives*. Depression is never sated, it’ll only get more intense if I give it 24/7 nothingness to eat.

      The experiment has been conclusive for me. I always think it’ll help, it seems like it’ll be such a relief… but it’s a trap.
      I had to keep setting my alarm, had to keep having some responsibilities that keep me in the world.

      If I’ve got those, though, naps are indeed very very nice.

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      September 27, 2023 at 9:04 pm | #

      I have sleep apnea, which I’m glad to have diagnosed now and therefore be able to use a CPAP for higher quality sleep, but it does make the act of sleeping feel like more of a hassle, even though I enjoy it. Can’t just get comfortable and doze. But then if I do fall asleep without my CPAP, like if I end up napping while reading or something, it doesn’t feel very refreshing (probably because of all the not-breathing).

  4. True Survivor
    True Survivor
    September 27, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    Oh no. This is really bad. This is how you get behind, followed by sudden overwhelming paralyzing panic, and then you end up doing nothing forever and have to take a semester off and it haunts you for years and years and then we don’t get to see Dorothy anymore and like her even though she reminds me of my most dire flaws.

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      September 27, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

      Well since everyone else is getting deja vu of their college years from this, I might as well share my story for comfort.

      I was a physics major at my University for two years until I had to recently quit because of mental health, disability and pandemic circumstances.

      Awe well, at least coding games ain’t too bad. It ain’t a rocket, but at least I can eventually build Dorothy a sapphic dream world with what’s essentially Legos for grown-ups.

      • True Survivor
        True Survivor
        September 27, 2023 at 12:29 am | #

        I am really sorry you went through that – it sounds utterly soul crushing. However, I am glad you where able to find hope and joy in your current path. You know a lot of wise (or at least old and seemingly pretty successful and happy) people I’ve talked to lately keep telling me that the universe is far far to complicated to see how every path pans out in 20 minutes much less in a decade or more, its about taking the path that feels right for you at the moment and being there. My mom says the universe sometimes closes doors so you can find a better one later (that sounds a little mumbo jumbo for me, but it brings her peace to her and myself when I can believe it).

        Besides, have you ever heard of Brian May? Dude was on the path of the physicist, but then while prepping for his doctorate turned down what seems to have been a prestigious gap job so he could be keep being in a band only for that band to break up shortly after. He then formed Queen, dropped out of his doctorate half way through to go be a rock star. In 2007 in finished his degree and just recently helped NASA pull off the mission that brought back samples from an asteroid. Point is life leads you all sorts of weird places and strange curve balls doesn’t mean you won’t eventually get where you want and you frankly might be a lot more interesting when you get there. I don’t know if any of this helps, but I hope you have a good day/night/morning?

        • NGPZ
          NGPZ
          September 27, 2023 at 12:50 am | #

          Awe thanks bruh, Brian sounds awesome. 🤩

          I realize much akin to Dotty, my original goal was based on over-idealized conceptions of a profession over-simplified for grade-schoolers. Not to say that, akin to Dina, I wanna make science my way of life, I just think there’s a better path to it.

          I always wanted to make hover-boards, light-sabers, video games, candy machines, sugar, tea and rum. Cool things that make people happy. PHD or not, that what my life about. 🥲

          On that note, I find my 2 years of physics classes come in real handy for a lot of game coding :3 😉

          • clif
            clif
            September 27, 2023 at 1:31 am | #

            What you’re describing is an engineer, not a scientist. An engineer designs and makes things. A scientist wants to understand the way the way the world works.

            • NGPZ
              NGPZ
              September 27, 2023 at 1:36 am | #

              Yeah I know, I chose physics with the intention of eventually getting an engineering degree, and because physicists often work alongside engineers in large projects.

              But yeah, I ain’t cut out to seriously compete in that field, it turns out. Making games and learning science on my own is a lot less stressful.

        • milu
          milu
          September 27, 2023 at 3:42 pm | #

          re: Brian May’s story (which is pretty cool and thank you) i think it was the self-help writer Mark Manson who takes kind of the reverse of your example and talks about the first drummer for the Beatles who quit after 6 months before they rose to stardom and never became part of the phenomenon and stayed in the shadows playing small bands all his life and how when asked about it, would be like “yeah, that’s wild, but i mean… my life is good. i’m really happy with it.”

          • milu
            milu
            September 27, 2023 at 3:46 pm | #

            disclaimer i don’t remember the details and for all i know the story is apocryphal or simplified beyond the point of being a lie, so i’m not definitely endorsing it. i think the experience it describes is probably true of someone somewhere though and that’s good enough for me =)

    • Angel
      Angel
      September 27, 2023 at 12:59 am | #

      crippling depression/executive dysfunction is a hell of a drug XP

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      September 27, 2023 at 1:06 am | #

      Downward spiral in progress. I’m worried.

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        September 27, 2023 at 1:10 am | #

        To dissolve a whirl pool or black hole, aim for the center, release a huge burst of energy.

        • dalniente
          dalniente
          September 27, 2023 at 11:41 am | #

          Honestly I think that could work metaphorically for a LOT of stuff. I’m adding this to my list of words to live by.

  5. Jacob Crawford
    Jacob Crawford
    September 27, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    What day of the week is it? I’m pretty sure it’s Saturday, which should by all rights default to being a mental health day unless you decide otherwise

  6. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    September 27, 2023 at 12:05 am | #

    On one hand, this isn’t a great sign. On the other, yeah, she probably DID need to take at least one day off.

    • UrsulaDavina
      UrsulaDavina
      September 27, 2023 at 12:15 am | #

      I mean she is aware that she needed to take a mental health day yes that’s on Saturday and also on Sunday but that’s alot more progress many folks would take

    • Angel
      Angel
      September 27, 2023 at 1:11 am | #

      i’m sure something will kick her butt back into gear for better or worse.

  7. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    September 27, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    I once read a comic by pockets that said taking a “mental health day” as just staying in bed just means you’re depressed. Seems that checks out.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 27, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

      Exactly.

      The correct procedure for mental health days is video games, horror movies, and the most decadent pizza you can envision.

      Anything less is folly.

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        September 27, 2023 at 12:13 am | #

        Horror movies? Not everyone’s cup of tea.

        Takin an edible and watching my favorite YouTubers scream their pants off from playing a horror game? Now that’s a great possibility for me.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          September 27, 2023 at 12:22 am | #

          I watch horror whenever I’m feeling lousy. Great for sick days and mental health days.

          I think it’s just nice to see that someone in some universe is having a worse day than me. I may be 40% conscious on the couch with mucous coming out of the majority of my face holes, but at least Jason Voorhees hasn’t killed me with a speargun.

        • Laura
          Laura
          September 27, 2023 at 2:08 am | #

          I love watching “Community” and drinking hot cocoa when I am stressed out. Problem is I also use that to procrastinate.

          Back when I had my first super stressful job that I could actually deal with (for a while) creating ritual routines to follow every day really helped me. Like getting a steamed milk with mint at the market, or spending an hour every day doing the crossword and the sudoku in pen on a print newspaper from the corner sandwich shop.

          Little things like that to ground me and help me focus on the day. Keep from getting derailed.

          …For a while.

          Nowadays I love listening to white noise soft ASMR sounds on YouTube. Like the sound of turning pages, or a crackling fire, or the hiss and crackle of an old vinyl record with no tune.

          What about you folks? What is your favorite way to unwind your mind and unthread your head?

          • NGPZ
            NGPZ
            September 27, 2023 at 2:41 am | #

            Well edibles are great to simultaneously help me relax and also heal swollen limbs, useful when those happen to be my fingers i need for coding, such as a day ago.

            Also I love watching longplays of 90s and early 2000s PC games and viewing weekly uploads on Spriters Resource (both essential for me as a game-dev, thankfully enough)

            • Laura
              Laura
              September 27, 2023 at 10:36 pm | #

              Absorbing AND educational! The perfect combo!

          • Mark
            Mark
            September 27, 2023 at 6:35 am | #

            Yard work. It’s my prime think-time. If I’m angry I can break sticks or attack a mound of dirt with a hoe. When I’m done, I always reward myself with a moment just surveying the results, so I can see that, not only do I feel better, I made something else better.

            Walking through a nearby nature park helps too. ‘s better for sadness.

            • Laura
              Laura
              September 27, 2023 at 10:37 pm | #

              Oh, that sounds just perfect. My S.O. loves gardening, too, for the same reason. Goals!

          • Daibhid C
            Daibhid C
            September 27, 2023 at 1:07 pm | #

            Skimming Discworld novels. Not reading them, that requires concentration, just flicking through them and remembering the best bits. Inevitably, I do start actually reading them, but I take that as a sign my brain is back on course.

            Weirdly, at work, I find the actual work is my destress option. Like, everything else about the job is a nightmare of baffling and contradictory official policies and requirements, but the actual thing I’m being paid to do is straightforward, involves just enough mental effort to keep me occupied, and has a visual indication of completion that I find it satisfying to look at and think “Yes. Yes, that’s done“. (Except, of course, when there’s one item that’s not straightforward, and I spend half an hour quietly freaking out over it.)

            Maybe that wasn’t a good example after all…

            • Laura
              Laura
              September 27, 2023 at 10:39 pm | #

              No, no, that is a lovely example. I love that feeling, too, of crossing things off a list. Trouble for me is screwing up the courage to start!

              But actually feeling like I have enough time (and gumption) to complete a straightforward task, especially if I can do it without interruption? Luxurious! Thanks for reminding me of that.

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      September 27, 2023 at 12:11 am | #

      The comic in question. Seems pretty fitting for what Dorothy’s going through right now.

      https://www.tumblr.com/pocketss/180699498971/pocketss-its-just-one-of-those-croissant-days

      • Laura
        Laura
        September 27, 2023 at 1:57 am | #

        Oh, I identify! Yep, that’s me. It takes a chocolate croissant or two to get me out of bed.

        Reminds me of that classic old block print / stencil:

        https://i.redd.it/8x94s9x6cu681.jpg
        “I didn’t go to work today.
        I don’t think I’ll go tomorrow.”

    • Angel
      Angel
      September 27, 2023 at 12:54 am | #

      well, that’s not wrong, but in dorothy’s case this is prolly the first proper ‘sleeping in all day’ she’s had in months (she did have a freakout when she and walky slept in [meanwhile he was like ‘i am a god!’ or so lol]), as long as it doesn’t spiral to her ending up like a shut in or coping the same way ethan does

  8. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    September 27, 2023 at 12:06 am | #

    Well this is certainly bringing back memories of college.

  9. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    September 27, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    Aw, jeez, Dotty.

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      September 27, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

      Your hair looks fantastic, though, maybe consult Amber on the “ruffled but somehow gorgeous” ‘do.

  10. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    September 27, 2023 at 12:07 am | #

    When we need a mentally healthy day, because Saturday or Sunday isn’t a one healthy day anymore.

    • Angel
      Angel
      September 27, 2023 at 1:00 am | #

      if only we could be magically rich overnight and spend a week at a luxury spa/hotel and such

  11. Diane
    Diane
    September 27, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

    Dorothy is braver than me, I could not sleep with my phone plugged in across me. I flail too much, something would get unplugged. And possibly knocked over.

  12. Nono
    Nono
    September 27, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

    Let’s calm down at least – it’s still the weekend. She hasn’t start skipping classes yet.

    • Kyrik Michalowski
      Kyrik Michalowski
      September 27, 2023 at 12:12 am | #

      Good point, and I don’t think Dorothy is far enough gone to start skipping class. However if she does, she will invoke “Concern of Joyce” which will hopefully help. Unless Joyce is too busy spending time with, and defending Joe which seems likely now that I think about it.

      • Coatl
        Coatl
        September 27, 2023 at 12:30 am | #

        It will sound whimsical on my part, but it would be great if it wasn’t Joyce who “saved” Dorothy, but rather someone completely outside the group of known friends and that would awaken that “jealous” side in Joyce.

  13. HueSatLight
    HueSatLight
    September 27, 2023 at 12:22 am | #

    Time to ruin the circadian rhythm, then it’s a mental health (???) and you find a 24 hour diner because the food court is closed at 4 am for some reason.

    • Angel
      Angel
      September 27, 2023 at 1:01 am | #

      given how ‘active’ she is compared to the other cast i’m surprised she wouldn’t wanna go on a quick run as opposed to like getting snacks and go into a food coma or so

      • HueSatLight
        HueSatLight
        September 27, 2023 at 11:45 am | #

        That’s fantasy future Dorothy, whom she’s letting control her life. Current Dorothy needs someone to knock on her door at mysterious times of day and say, “you up? want to go get seasoned curly fries?” (It’s Arnold)

  14. Just an Armadillo
    Just an Armadillo
    September 27, 2023 at 12:23 am | #

    This is looking very similar to what I went through when my mental health problems started to get bad. Hopefully hers don’t get as bad as mine did. Though that’s a low bar to clear, my break from uni lasted for a literal decade and only ended 3 weeks ago after I finally got sick of my retail job and walked out mid shift.

  15. Bryy
    Bryy
    September 27, 2023 at 12:26 am | #

    or
    and hear me out
    or you could seek professional help

    But that would mean confronting your incredible ableism.

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      September 27, 2023 at 12:28 am | #

      I mean besides the fact that the professionals available to her at IU aren’t that good,

      confronting internalized ableism can be really cumbersome. Believe me, I know. 😔

    • Samniel
      Samniel
      September 27, 2023 at 12:31 am | #

      It’s been mentioned that she lies to her therapist because getting anything even remotely “wrong” in writing will tank her chances at the presidency.

      So she’s just never had a healthy… anything…

      • Bryy
        Bryy
        September 27, 2023 at 2:41 am | #

        Yup, hence the incredible ableism.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          September 27, 2023 at 8:42 am | #

          Is that really ableism or a recognition of ableism in society?

          • dalniente
            dalniente
            September 27, 2023 at 11:46 am | #

            Both, I think? Internalized ableism comes from somewhere. Recognizing it in society might just make it easier or harder to recognize it in yourself, depending on where you are in your journey

            • NGPZ
              NGPZ
              September 27, 2023 at 2:29 pm | #

              Yeah I mean, same goes for bigotry in general?

              See @Jason‘s comment on how bigotry isn’t just hatred.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              September 27, 2023 at 2:43 pm | #

              Certainly doesn’t prove she doesn’t have some level of internalized ableism, but I don’t think recognizing that a diagnosis would make it harder to reach her goals is ableism in and of itself.

              • NGPZ
                NGPZ
                September 27, 2023 at 3:50 pm | #

                Very true. I mean, I’ve been diagnosed for decades now, and only in recent have I really been able to really embrace being autistic thanks to this comic and its community. Confronting internalized ableism can be tough!

    • Angel
      Angel
      September 27, 2023 at 1:02 am | #

      well, the comments did say her therapist was bad, considering the one piece of advice we see her repeat might not have been the best in the moment/for her, although i guess with money /budgetary reasons and/or college scheduling, she can’t exactly ‘shop around’ til she finds one that’s the best for her

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        September 27, 2023 at 2:16 am | #

        Funny thing about that, sometimes a therapist will suggest something that doesn’t work so good, even if they’re otherwise excellent. We call that a swing and a miss in the real world, but in the realm of fiction it’s somehow a crushing indictment of the therapist’s entire being. Perfect or worthless.

        • Tesset
          Tesset
          September 27, 2023 at 8:05 pm | #

          Well, yes, because stories operate on narratives & themes, unlike the real world. I mean, this isn’t The Bright Sessions, this isn’t a story about therapy/the therapy process, so it’s going to be flattened down for thematic cohesion. To not do so would make this a worse story…

          • milu
            milu
            September 27, 2023 at 8:13 pm | #

            very much agree on principle, but disagree in the specific: though therapy hasn’t been a central theme thus far, it’s not like it would be outlandish of DOA to come to discuss it in more detail? so, i think Taffy’s right, people speculating wildly on scant evidence that the therapist must succc are perhaps jumping to conclusions about an undergoing arc

          • Taffy
            Taffy
            September 27, 2023 at 10:49 pm | #

            Jesus fucking Christ, I understand what fiction is.🙄

        • Sirksome
          Sirksome
          September 28, 2023 at 7:24 am | #

          Also it’s easy to give bad advice when your patient is lying to you. Why are criticizing a therapist we’ve never seen when we know Dorothy is hiding her trauma? Maybe a truly insightful therapist could figure that out, but that’s still a lot to expect from anyone.

    • Bo
      Bo
      September 27, 2023 at 12:21 pm | #

      by seeking professional help, she might also run into ‘incredible ableism’

      • StClair
        StClair
        September 27, 2023 at 12:56 pm | #

        it’s ableism all the way down

  16. pope suburban
    pope suburban
    September 27, 2023 at 12:30 am | #

    She’s in therapy though. She told Walky and Ruth about it. She’s not being totally honest with her therapist, per her conversation with Ruth, but she is going. I hope she opens up about what she’s going through now, though, so she can maybe get more assistance.

    • pope suburban
      pope suburban
      September 27, 2023 at 12:31 am | #

      Nesting fail, this was meant to be a reply to the comment above about trying therapy.

  17. Vulcanodon
    Vulcanodon
    September 27, 2023 at 12:39 am | #

    Uh-oh, you stopped moving and the trauma caught up with you?

    • Angel
      Angel
      September 27, 2023 at 1:17 am | #

      Ah yes, the Chris Traeger method

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbN8YHOEebs

  18. bemisawa
    bemisawa
    September 27, 2023 at 12:42 am | #

    Welp. I feel that.

  19. BBCC
    BBCC
    September 27, 2023 at 12:44 am | #

    Well the good news is that it’s Saturday and that’s what those are for.

    • Angel
      Angel
      September 27, 2023 at 12:55 am | #

      i’m sure she’ll be interrupted by one thing/person or another before the week starts up again

  20. AbacusWizard
    AbacusWizard
    September 27, 2023 at 12:45 am | #

    Definitely saving that last panel for future reference.

  21. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    September 27, 2023 at 12:46 am | #

    …. I can’t tell if this is extremely foolish or extremely wise.

    • Angel
      Angel
      September 27, 2023 at 1:07 am | #

      i mean, sleeping in once in a while is fine but throwing off your sleeping schedule/rhythm aside, she prolly needs more healthy coping mechanisms

      Or she could quit/drop out of college, travel and discover herself to get over her issues (https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3730 tho for even if her neurosis weren’t as extreme as hanners’ i don’t think that’d be very realistic/common)

    • AbacusWizard
      AbacusWizard
      September 27, 2023 at 11:54 pm | #

      The words of the foolish
      And those of the wise
      Are not far apart
      In Discordian eyes

  22. foducool
    foducool
    September 27, 2023 at 12:48 am | #

    *one mental year later*

  23. PirateTawnee
    PirateTawnee
    September 27, 2023 at 12:51 am | #

    Definitely part of the “I am in this webcomic and I don’t like it” club.

    Feels like it might be a big club today. I hope everyone is doing well, and being as kind to themselves as they are able to be.

  24. C.T. Phipps
    C.T. Phipps
    September 27, 2023 at 1:00 am | #

    *Dorothy takes an edible*

    *wakes up surrounded by dead bodies*

    (This is how Joyce thinks pot works)

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      September 27, 2023 at 1:02 am | #

      “That’s one funky looking cigarette…” XD

    • AbacusWizard
      AbacusWizard
      September 27, 2023 at 11:55 pm | #

      Nah, that’s how spinach works.

  25. drs
    drs
    September 27, 2023 at 1:15 am | #

    Some of the comments are weird. Sleeping until lunch on a college weekend is not exactly imminent depression.

    (Why do I say lunch? Sal was just meeting her parents for lunch.)

    • NGPZ
      NGPZ
      September 27, 2023 at 1:18 am | #

      Well there’s the general case, and then there’s what Dorothy been through since her encounter with Raidah, and the fact that it hasn’t even been a year since she witnessed her friend’s dad getting murdered.

      • NGPZ
        NGPZ
        September 27, 2023 at 1:24 am | #

        For reals someone inject this girl McNuggets and kitty pictures PRONTO 😭

        what else is happy, what else she need? we gotta build her a happy place…

        • Laura
          Laura
          September 27, 2023 at 1:45 am | #

          ALF!

          • Laura
            Laura
            September 27, 2023 at 1:49 am | #

            I think of ALF as being a trailblazer in bringing discussion of mental health and sensory/perception/information-processing differences into mainstream public discourse. Kind of a national puppet therapy through humor.

    • clif
      clif
      September 27, 2023 at 1:52 am | #

      Weird comments are part of the charm. If we can’t unwarranted assumptions and run with them, we’d never have the joy of bragging “CALLED IT!”

  26. Taffy
    Taffy
    September 27, 2023 at 1:24 am | #

    I’m in love with Dorothy’s hot pink shirt.

    • clif
      clif
      September 27, 2023 at 1:54 am | #

      Well, okay, but what’s inside it is cuter.

      • Taffy
        Taffy
        September 27, 2023 at 2:13 am | #

        Dorothy’s cute, but her shirt is my soulmate.

        • Tesset
          Tesset
          September 27, 2023 at 9:56 am | #

          Personally, I think her shoes are my solemate

          • milu
            milu
            September 27, 2023 at 3:30 pm | #

            well as for me, her scarf is my shawlmate

            • milu
              milu
              September 27, 2023 at 5:14 pm | #

              should’ve written, her shcarf is my shawlmate

              oh well, allow me to make amends (counter-intuitively, by making even worse puns)

              her netflix account is my better-call-saul-mate
              when she moons me her luna is my sol-mate
              her anti-ghostbusters stance is my zuul-mate
              her pet hamster is my vole’s mate
              if we had sleepy sluggish sex together, we’d slow-mate
              that time she threw some piece of food (or was it a booger?) into a pond, she had an entire shole-mate

              • milu
                milu
                September 27, 2023 at 5:14 pm | #

                shoal* dammit

                allow me to make amends,

                j/k

                (her coffee cup is my bowlmate)

                • milu
                  milu
                  September 27, 2023 at 5:17 pm | #

                  her myopia is my molemate

                • milu
                  milu
                  September 27, 2023 at 7:16 pm | #

                  i’m shipping her with Joyce, so that makes them each other’s sailmate (pronounced wonkily close to “soul” cuz oldtimey pirate accent)

  27. Quirdry Tawks
    Quirdry Tawks
    September 27, 2023 at 1:31 am | #

    I hope this isn’t the start of a big ol’ Crash and Burn.

    But just in case, my seat back and tray table are in the original upright-and-locked positions.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 27, 2023 at 3:30 am | #

      Absolutely not!

      It started some time ago.

      • Proxiehunter
        Proxiehunter
        September 27, 2023 at 11:31 pm | #

        It started in high school.

  28. Suet
    Suet
    September 27, 2023 at 2:22 am | #

    “Mental Health Week is Mental Health Week!!!”

    Instead of the possibility of having it fall to the ground, the phone and the cable being wrapped around her waist is quite a move

    • eh, whatever
      eh, whatever
      September 27, 2023 at 3:13 am | #

      It’s not wrapped, it’s just lying on top of her… which is still massively weird.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 27, 2023 at 6:52 am | #

        She probably fell asleep doing the Dorothy equivalent of doomscrolling.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 27, 2023 at 3:30 am | #

      Infrastructure Mental Health Week!

  29. Francoinblanco
    Francoinblanco
    September 27, 2023 at 3:01 am | #

    When it hasnt been your day your week your month or even your year

  30. Bash
    Bash
    September 27, 2023 at 3:26 am | #

    I still think this is better than manically overworking herself.

    • Bittersweet
      Bittersweet
      September 27, 2023 at 5:45 am | #

      It is until she fails out of classes she could have easily passed because of non attendance when this becomes a mental health month. At my uni it was every absence after two drops your letter grade.

      I have a lot of experience in burning out at uni, I did it twice before deciding that despite stellar academic grades in all 12 years of school, perfect averages for both associate’s degrees, and everything saying that I should be a smart person, University is Not For Me.

      Granted, my mental health issues stemmed from a lifetime of abuse and absent coping (fun fact, I recently discovered that I have mild homework trauma) and Dorothy’s are from watching a man get bludgeoned to death, being kidnapped, watching a different man get stabbed almost to death, and just generally having a traumatic college career itself. Tbh, the Raidah thing might have just been an excuse because now that I’ve typed it all out, Dorothy has more than enough reason to be done with traditional university and good enough stories to make people feel terrible for giving her side eye about it.

      • StClair
        StClair
        September 27, 2023 at 12:59 pm | #

        but then they wouldn’t let her be war criminal President.

  31. Da Boy
    Da Boy
    September 27, 2023 at 4:53 am | #

    I wonder if she is anxious and hangovered from suddenly abandoning her super regimented life.

  32. DashWallkick
    DashWallkick
    September 27, 2023 at 5:37 am | #

    Putting aside the obvious mental health crisis that is slowly looming for Dotty — mood. Big Mood.

  33. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    September 27, 2023 at 6:28 am | #

    Ya poor girl, really been skimming on sleep lately eh ?

  34. Hazel
    Hazel
    September 27, 2023 at 8:08 am | #

    Ah yes, that feeling when you do everything right, but you don’t feel better.

    Poor baby.

  35. Hambone Jones
    Hambone Jones
    September 27, 2023 at 9:34 am | #

    Guess what? You’re in college. Meaning that you have access to mental health professionals! Use the resources. Get the therapy. Huzzah!

  36. egg egg
    egg egg
    September 27, 2023 at 9:55 am | #

    Oh so relatable. I just want to take a week’s worth of mental health days and see if that sticks.

  37. Serendipity
    Serendipity
    September 27, 2023 at 10:24 am | #

    Oh no. I see myself here pretty directly.

  38. Adept
    Adept
    September 27, 2023 at 10:29 am | #

    Sounds good Dotty.

  39. Doopyboop
    Doopyboop
    September 27, 2023 at 11:36 am | #

    Man, that sleeping pose. I’m actually almost jealous! Looks like a mix between super comfy and super stiff.

  40. dalniente
    dalniente
    September 27, 2023 at 11:49 am | #

    Yeah the thing about burnout and identity crises is they don’t just away after one day of taking a break. You need a much longer rest to restore those spell slots.

  41. Yeet
    Yeet
    September 27, 2023 at 11:51 am | #

    relaxing to normal person levels of work and expectations would make every day a mental health day for you dorothy

  42. nicoleandmaggie
    nicoleandmaggie
    September 27, 2023 at 12:16 pm | #

    Who was the psychic who predicted this strip exactly?

    • milu
      milu
      September 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm | #

      nicole?? maggie??? :shrug:

  43. Bo
    Bo
    September 27, 2023 at 12:22 pm | #

    Contact your doctor if you experience a Mental Health Day lasting longer than 72 hours

  44. Daibhid C
    Daibhid C
    September 27, 2023 at 12:58 pm | #

    So … Dorothy’s “mental health day” consisted of lying in bed in a light doze reliving her trauma, right? And it turns out that didn’t help, for some weird reason?

    I am in this strip, etc.

  45. kaitou
    kaitou
    September 27, 2023 at 1:29 pm | #

    I feel seen.

  46. thumb
    thumb
    September 27, 2023 at 1:54 pm | #

    Correct

  47. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    September 27, 2023 at 2:31 pm | #

    Wait, it isn’t an alarm. It’s like a calling?
    Are Dorothy’s number on spam list, too?

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 27, 2023 at 6:37 pm | #

      Those spammers just dial 111-1111, 111-1112, 111-1113…

  48. bwooom
    bwooom
    September 27, 2023 at 4:56 pm | #

    finding myself reminded of these comics (https://twitter.com/_pocketss/status/1074451341366493189) from a few years back. “so it turns out staying in bed for days wasnt actually self care. turns out i was super depressed. like, clinically.”

    same kind of “nothings wrong see im using psychology language that means its ok and im completely in control here” idea yanno?

  49. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    September 27, 2023 at 6:51 pm | #

    I feel you Dotty.

  50. Rocketboy1313
    Rocketboy1313
    September 27, 2023 at 7:29 pm | #

    Burn out is a hell of a thing.

  51. MiaFillene
    MiaFillene
    September 27, 2023 at 11:02 pm | #

    It’s a Pants Off Party, on the dinosaur, it’s a pants off party, leave your trousers at the door! Leave your trousers there down at the door! Don’t run away, it’s all for free! Don’t be afraid, of what you constantly see…

    With regrets to Oingo Boingo

    • Steelbright
      Steelbright
      September 28, 2023 at 12:10 am | #

      Oh fuuu that’s a good one (also a random song reference I actually get, finally!)

  52. Steelbright
    Steelbright
    September 28, 2023 at 12:08 am | #

    I love the dinosaur no pants party thread in the comments so much. This is what we all really need in life.

    In other words, welp I guess new Dotty gravatars just dropped. XD Dorothy at her most relatable

  53. Hinoron
    Hinoron
    September 29, 2023 at 1:59 pm | #

    OH! Do NOT leave a charging phone in the bed with you! If it ends up under a pillow (as this one half-is) or covers, the extra heat generated by the charging process can’t escape, so it builds, higher and higher, until your bed is on fire with you in it.
    Phone charging on a hard surface in the open air is fine. That’s a nighttable for most of us, but I’m sure even top bunk of a bunkbed can figure out a good spot.

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