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Originally Posted by Dan Druff
The climate where I live (PNW) is generally tranquil and moderate, and it was the desire for just such a climate that helped convince me to move to Portland from NJ.
The wisdom of my decision was underscored some years ago when I visited my folks who were still in our Haddonfield, NJ home, which is located in south Jersey, not too far from Philly.
I recall arriving in Philly about dusk in the summer, and when I left the aiirport terminal...EGAD...96 or so degrees and humidity over 90%: I sweat buckets.
While sitting on our porch one of the most violent thunderstorms I've experienced transpired, culminating with lightning hitting a neighbors tree about 50 feet away.
While I miss Philly cheesesteaks and the Mummers parade I do not regret turning my back on the City of Brotherly Love: Portland once seemed "The Promised Land" but the bloom is off that rose these days thanks to BLM, Antifa and the idiots who drink that Kool-Aid, but the typically moderate summers and winters are still happening (except it hit 116 degrees in June a few years ago, shattering the former all time record by many degrees).
Karen, how many psychiatrists or psychologists have you talked to during your star-crossed life?
Clearly you need professional help.
If we're going to armchair diagnose Tasha, I'd say she has OCD. Consider how much she ruminates over faux pas from years ago (obsessive) and how she can't control her impulses to create sock puppets and gamble (compulsive). She'd probably benefit from gamblers anonymous meetings where she would not only get help with her slot addiction but perhaps also learn broadly applicable strategies to curb her bad impulses in general. Tasha is lucky to have lots of resources available to her in human society. In scorpion society, when we detect weakness in another we fight to the death and eat the loser.
Fun game: I'll throw a psych disorder out there and see if it sticks.
"Disruptive behaviour and dissocial disorders are characterised by persistent behaviour problems such as persistently defiant or disobedient to behaviours that persistently violate the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate societal norms, rules, or laws."
She can't seem to control her impulse to create socks and to create bullshit stories to gain attention; slhe is a liar.
Unrelated perhaps, she also displays juvenile thought processing.
For whatever reason, her elevator is stuck on the first floor.