I ought to have asked this a lot sooner. I fear I've been adjusting myself to a strange new ability that I have gained, and did not want to risk harming anyone, but... I have been through something similar to some of you before. I've never quite said all there is to say about myself, and I am still not ready for the full story but...
I've adjusted to extremely altered circumstance before. Confining, horrifying circumstance. The truth is that our mind is an extremely powerful weapon. Part of why some of what has happened to some of us, the ones who haven't always been a part of this place believed it for so long and can adjust now, I think. And it contributes to why some others have trouble, and others who are only affected by the newest events...
At any rate, the thing I learned through my own training, through MY teacher is that you can train your mind to accept almost anything when there is no other possible response. There's this zen term,
Gaman. It means that you accept what seems unbearable and you do it with dignity and patience... The theory is that you persevere...that you survive.
If anybody needs help with that...in any of these circumstances... I don't know everything my teacher does yet, probably not ever, but...I CAN get you started. If you wanted.