BPD has a fucking wonderful way of taking

"This is potentially sorta bad"
and framing it as
"This is exactly what led to you getting hurt last time"

@eden and you're self aware enough to be able to take that step back and look at it from the outside
you're learning how to operate yourself all the time; there's no manual, just practice

@gracie There's a certain irony in you saying that while I've got a DBT 'manual' a foot from me. :')

You're totally right though, it is literally just practice, and trying to do better.

@eden lol there would be
I think of it (brain) like being given a car and told the brakes are shot and btw it steers to the left, then locked in and told you can never leave; so you just have to learn how to drive the damn thing

@gracie "Here is a Haynes manual and a spanner, it worked for me "

That's a really good analogy though.
-Entire thing breaks over small issue
-lots of similar models but they're all unique
-mechanics are hard to find

@eden I recall watching a friend's dad build a motorcycle from parts lying around the garage; he put in petrol and it went! Oh for a brain like a motorcycle.
In the future our brains will run proprietary software and we'll have to take them to an authorised dealer to be repaired.

@gracie "oh for a brain like a motorcycle" is too good a line not to retoot :)

But we'll also have brain mods! Maybe with enough sensors I can figure out what's wrong with mine