Well, truth be told, I couldn't give her a better advice either. Sometimes toughening up and bulldozing it through is the only possible solution, insensitive as it may sound.
tough it out? alright ... then again, there is something to be said for mewling.
also sobbing, shrieking, and the uncontrollable shakes.
after all, evolution gave us these tools after hundreds of millions of years of trial and error, in its pursuit to perfect the species and its relentless drive for survival. might as well put them to use.
Hmm, I don't know about that, since it also "gave" us depression and various other disorders as well, not to mention all the other less desirable traits.
That being said, the tools you mention can act as a security valve for letting out terror but there's time and place for that and I don't think the middle of the most hostile dungeon known to man (and dwarf) is either of those. ;)
He left out the most important piece of advice: after a traumatic dungeoneering experience, drink ludicrous amounts of alcohol to help forget. Every day.
If you scared it will help to ask questions. Am I afraid of dying from the fall or afraid that the fall will not kill me and that something else will? I don't know if Feather Fall is a known spell in this world but a token of feather fall should be a very good item to have.
also sobbing, shrieking, and the uncontrollable shakes.
after all, evolution gave us these tools after hundreds of millions of years of trial and error, in its pursuit to perfect the species and its relentless drive for survival. might as well put them to use.
That being said, the tools you mention can act as a security valve for letting out terror but there's time and place for that and I don't think the middle of the most hostile dungeon known to man (and dwarf) is either of those. ;)