These are great stories. Sorry you have to deal with all this crapola.

Just wanted to say I LOVE your explanation of when someone loses their soul. I died 3 times in 8months from Aug 2021- March 2022. The second time I died(& I woke up to the paramedics talking about "calling it"& if they should bag my body up on the floor or stretcher as apperently I had no pulse/breathe for 10 or 15 mins at this time(that's what I'm told) but THIS time coming back I was Angry. And something felt So Damn Wrong. Like I was missing a Big part of me. Like my soul got lost in transition from death back to life. Like it was lost on a proverbial great plain. But yet my head felt clearer than it did in yrs(& according to an MRI I didn't suffer from Any brain damage) and I feel more whole after dying again 3 months after that experience (coded out in the hospital due to a horrific accident) but things are definitely WAY tamer and I Do have a hard time connecting with the world now in all senses(except with animals). My emotions are dulled,I honestly can't be bothered to do more than the bare min, and even my physical pain has lessened by a substantial amount. I think I lost some pieces of myself I'm not sure I'll get back. Hopefully you'll find yours.

Even if he Is a monster now,he's Your monster and he was protecting you,and he's the bestest boy. If I lost one of my dogs and they came back like that,I'd also believe they would never hurt me and I could look past the half monster part. Specially if they kept some freako out of the house.

I've Always loved park ranger stories. You spend enough time out in the bush you tend to see some weird shit. Stay safe OP

Ikr. It'll take a few mins for my 5 bedroom house to close in on me.