The Return Of The Support Group Meme

[memesrus]

The Support Group Meme


Per Wikipedia:

In a support group, members provide each other with various types of help, usually nonprofessional and nonmaterial, for a particular shared, usually burdensome, characteristic. The help may take the form of providing and evaluating relevant information, relating personal experiences, listening to and accepting others' experiences, providing sympathetic understanding and establishing social networks. A support group may also work to inform the public or engage in advocacy.

And now you know. And knowing's half the battle.

• Find or create a support group. Unlike most memes, you'd probably be better off by providing a general theme for people to respond to. You know, have your subject or post read "People who got turned into animals in their respective games" or "Time travelers and keeping the space/time continuum intact."


• Post as a character. please put in the name and canon in the subject line, etc.


• Respond to other people and support them through their trials and tribulations.


• NOTE: While you're welcome to post whatever the hell you want, if you delve into triggery whatnot (i.e. abuse, suicide, things which tend to actually evoke real life support groups and therapy) please label your posts with a nice and blatant warning so someone who was looking for Time Travelers Anonymous doesn't accidentally stumble into your suicide thread instead.

Taken from here and slightly tweaked.

Comments

Uncontrollable Rage Issues

[lastincident]

[ Huge bags of weed and bongos not included. ]

[wontturntofoam]

You don't look very angry to me. Are you sure you're meant to be here?

[He's giving you the most suspicious look, Bruce. You potential interloper!]

[lastincident]

I've had several years to -- work on containing the rage. Which is why we're all here. To work on it.

[wontturntofoam]

I don't think I believe you. I think you're just a perfectly calm person pretending to be angry!

So you can intrude!

[lastincident]

[ oh god. count to ten, bruce. count to ten. ]

Do you really, honestly think that. Honestly. Why would anyone do that? Are you sure you're not supposed to be in the Paranoids support group?

[wontturntofoam]

I am not paranoid!

[His voice is rising a bit now, creeping up several octanes in pitch as it does so. Coming to a support group full of furious jerks may not have been the best idea...]

And I don't know why you're doing this! Probably because you're an awful person and you think it's funny!

[lastincident]

THEN SIT DOWN AND CONTROL YOURSELF.

[ DEEP. BREATH. Okay. Wow. He's going to sit there and take his pulse for a moment. Yup. Just-- calming. Calming. ]

You have no idea.

Now why don't you park your accusing ass in a folding chair and calm yourself down? This is not a pick-a-fight group, it is not screaming accusations group. This is a rage support group.

We're supposed to help each other stay calm.

And when I say it's in your best interests that I remain calm, it really is in your best interests that I remain calm.

Ha ha ha I'm so sorry :(

[wontturntofoam]

DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!

[You shouted first Bruce. That means it's entirely okay for him to escalate the situation some more.]

Stop acting like you're better than everyone else because you're good at being calm and maybe you don't even need a support group! Then you just come in here calling people paranoid and shouting at them!

YOU'RE NOT EVEN BEING SUPPORTIVE!

[The volume and pitch of his voice continue to escalate as he rages, until it finally ends in an ear-splitting shriek, that's honestly kind of painful to listen too.]

Gone Too Soon (for characters who met a tragic end early on)

[funwithknives]

[ Hughes has tissues ready, lots of them. ]

((ooc: probably mentions of character death and potentially how they died))

Dependance issues

[guilty_pianist]

[Phillip frowns and shifts uncomfortably in his seat. Where's Brandon? If Brandon were here, he wouldn't have been roped into this stupid thing in the first place...]

Phobias

[psycho_logist]

[Crane is wearing Groucho glasses over his actual glasses.]

When hating birds is hurting you

[therealgenius]

[Everyone gets a tag with their choice of most hated bird! Justin's says cockatoo.]

Allegorical Jesus Figures

[heardmermaids]

[Or anyone who's died and returned. Potter won't keep people out if they want to come for coffee and doughnuts.]

[lastincident]

[ The sound of molars being ground is audible. ]

Neither are you.

[ His eyes weren't green a few seconds ago. Now they're... glowing. ]

child services doesn't exist (and i really need it)

[isinganyway]

[paladaddy]

[Someone really does not need to be here.]

It's Hard To Be So Awesome

[king_of_sindria]

It really is.

i think i'm a clone now

[iamnotaweapon]

[funwithknives]

Hi and welcome to the group. I'm Maes Hughes.

[ Big smile and hand shooting out for a shake. He's also offering a complimentary box of tissues with the other.]

[ho_megas]

Μαλιστα!

[Ah, someone else who understands! Alexander expresses his agreement.

How nice support groups were!]

[wontturntofoam]

YES I AM!

[Towards the end of this completely false declaration, he seems to lose the fight with the English Language, and descends into just... a meaningless sequence of animalistic shrieks.]

Socially Stunted

[drywall]

Re: Allegorical Jesus Figures

[junkyardjesus]

[He's definitely supposed to be here anyway, but he's raiding the doughnuts. Not touching the coffee, though.]

So what's an allegorical Jesus figure?

has an evil twin

[callofduty]

[iamnotaweapon]