u/entropymancer

I am 40h in the Bachelor storyline, mid 8th day. This is the first time I play this game (and I am in love).

Point, I'be been infected since day 4 iirc. I came across that suicide task about "testing the pills myself". I thought I did a flawless display of skill, all those pills in and my humble boots (cheap ones ofc), not touched by a fart. I was amazed of myself, thinking the game was no challenge to me after all. The executor congratulates me and I start walking to my new destination full of pride.

Then I saw a rat coming from a corner, those I hate them more than anything else. I ran away to the closest shop to escape. Once again the smart doctor keeps infection at bay. I check my status and everything looks right, or that's what I thought. After resuming my errands, I suddenly start seeing blurry, wtf. Check stats again. No infection my ass. The rat bit me! Could it have been the farts in the house? no idea, but infection meter showed a sliver of red, before that it should have been so small I didn't realize it.

I've read a lot of people saying that infection in early days is motive for reload, but I said fuck it. Am I not a Bachelor of Medicine from the Capital, always on duty, relentless? I should have expected this to have given the nature of the disease, the unnatural thing would have been reaching 8 day unscathed. So I kept going on, resolved to keep the bad at bay with my wits and resources. Boosters rain from the sky, remedies are plenty.

Since I haven´t been exposed to the pathogens much any since then, the infection grows slowly, around a quarter bar per day. I've taken (neocymium?) a couple of times been it went over a third. I take my tablets plenty (keeping an eye on my health), and my cape and Jackboots do the rest. I'm going to die, but not before I fulfill my duty. Bounds are healty, I cured a bond not mine even.

Being infected is not only not the end of the fun, but the start of a more credible, fulfilling and resilient gameplay. Don't be afraid! Take your pills, and you will be ok. Also, avoid further contact with the Plague as much as possible, as every re-infection sums to the rate of growth in your body.

Be a doctor, beat the fear, beat the "bacteria", save the world. You will feel the Satisfaction, and in my opinion, play the canon version of the Pathologic game

edits: typos and grammar, I´m not an English speaker

I went on a holiday trip yesterday and I just realized I left my mouse at home and I won't be able to play the Revelations until mid July. Please shed a tear with me.

I'm not psychologist, but I'm a very sensitive being, so you can consider me a guru of mental health. I've noticed that a large audience of the Invincible show falls back to the show as a coping mechanism for their emotional burdens and trauma. I understand that the power fantasy evoked by the charisma and conscious depth of the characters and specially the protagonist (referred as Invincible) represents the archetype of the Hero's Journey, extensively researched and exposed in the works of the psychiatrist Carl Jung, appealing to those who feel aimless or without a clear goal in life.

When a show like [INVINCIBLE] offers a protagonist who bleeds, fails, faces devastating family trauma, and yet somehow finds the strength to keep standing, it acts like a psychological mirror. For someone carrying heavy emotional burdens, that power fantasy isn't just entertainment, it feels like validation.

However, relying on a TV show as a primary coping mechanism comes with distinct psychological risks. When a narrative substitute replaces actual therapy, several maladaptive patterns can take root.

Jung emphasized that the Hero’s Journey must be lived by the individual. When someone uses [INVINCIBLE] to cope with aimlessness, they run the risk of vicarious individuation.

They absorb Mark Grayson’s growth, his moral triumphs, and his emotional processing as if it were their own, which creates an artificial sense of resolution. You may feel a cathartic release during an episode, but the actual life circumstances, trauma, and lack of direction remain completely unchanged when the screen goes black.

The show heavily plays on the idea of enduring extreme physical and emotional trauma and simply "pushing through." Resilience is a virtue, but can reinforce a dangerous belief: that one must be entirely self-reliant to be heroic, when in reality, healing from trauma or managing severe emotional burdens requires vulnerability, dismantling defenses, and leaning on others.

So remember -> when you are struggling, in order to feel [INVINCIBLE] one must first accept and show that we are in fact, [VULNERABLE]

Namaste HoloQuartz

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