u/skittysteps

Usually I make Pokémon Go posts in the PoGo subreddit, but I’m genuinely scared that people there will make fun of me and rip me apart for this. So I’m sharing it here.

26F. My perfectionism ruins me. When I got back into PoGo a little over a year ago, I used whatever Pokéball to catch whatever Pokemon. Then I saw a post about someone saying they preferred the traditional red Pokéball over the others, which initially I thought was stupid, but it planted a seed in my head. It wasn’t long until I also came to prefer the original red ball and almost exclusively catch things in them. I think it has to do with my crippling perfectionism, I like the red ball because it’s the “iconic” one and also a brag to catch things in since it has the lowest catch rate.

It’s gotten to a point where I value Pokémon lower if they’re in the different colored Pokéballs, except the catch is that I hate being this way but don’t know how to stop caring? It genuinely sucks so bad and the main reason I want to stop caring about such a stupid insignificant thing is because my mom plays too and sometimes she trades me Pokémon she’s caught that mean a lot to her, but she wants to share with me. (You can only trade a Pokémon once and that’s it.) And sometimes they’re in the Pokéballs I don’t like and I automatically value them less, but that’s literally so stupid??? I should value them MORE because they came from my mom.

I actually hate this part about myself and I want SO bad to stop caring about such a stupid, insignificant thing when it makes me value important things less. Any advice is appreciated but this is mostly a vent post. I don’t expect people to really have answers for this.

Context is I’m 26F have autism ADHD and OCD, not sure which is the root of this cause but ever since I was a kid I would involuntarily read and say words backwards in my head. This happens fairly often on the daily and I’m basically a pro at this point in my life, and it’s usually a neat party trick. Except today I took my ADHD meds and decided to rewatch Rick and Morty and with almost every line of dialogue I can’t stop compulsively mentally repeating some of their words or phrases backwards, over and over and over again, and not only is it annoying because I can’t enjoy the show, but I feel this intense discomfort over the fact that I CANNOT make myself stop and it’s extremely distressing and overwhelming and all-consuming.

I know this sounds stupid but I need help or advice or support if anyone knows what to do please help I legitimately feel like I’m going insane. I wish I could better describe the discomfort I’m feeling but it almost makes me feel nauseous without the nausea and I feel a mental disconnect from my brain and “me” when it happens. Any advice is appreciated

I started playing CotL for the first time less than a month ago and went in almost completely blind. I stumbled across the fox when you peer into the darkness on accident, and I believe my first encounter may have been in the Woolhaven area.

I managed to get Ratau’s cloak from the fox this way rather than needing to sacrifice him, but now I’m worried my game is bugged, because I have visited all four peer into the darkness spots in the base game, and at the fourth location (Midas’ cave,) he asked for 2 followers or half a heart as a sacrifice. I looked it up, and that’s supposed to be the place where he asks for Ratau as a sacrifice. I have gone back to every spot and the crescent moon on the ground is gone, and he no longer appears in Woolhaven (despite the moon still being there.) As a result, I have no way to get the wolf follower form, which sucks because I want to 100% this game.

Does anyone know what to do here? Was there something I missed or overlooked that will still allow me to get the wolf follower form in this playthrough? Thanks in advance!!