I’m unsure what to expect when I start DR, having stopped after many months doing only St1 and St2. I’ve still got Regeneration from CFW digging in me presently. so my thinking goes melancholy presently.
I do remember St1 smoothing out, following @James’s approach to staying on it until one felt ready to transition.
I also remember one good thing I experienced with my sister, a woman who I’ve not interacted much with since she still lives and wrestles daily with her childhood demons. I visited her after some months on DR, and I was plainly unreactive to her, unlike other times. I intrigued her since I wasn’t playing along with her banter and emotional jabs.
And recently Saint said that DR is very masculine. I thought of this visit with my sister when I read that. We took a walk, and I remember her speaking to me like she liked how I was relating to her as a man. She changed during that walk, and it was memorable to me. Her boyfriend at the time was extremely distant and subtly controlling, so she really took to my style of relating.
I had considered stacking Ascension with DR, but I’m not sure that’d be best. LB and Sanguine sound more beneficial.