D'OH, have to break this into two parts because it's TOO BIG.
BEFORE READING MY POST, PLEASE NOTE THESE TRIGGER WARNINGS: • mentions of rape, sexual assault and sexual abuse • mentions of child abuse • mentions of emotional and psychological abuse • mentions of mental illness
ABOUT ME: NAME/NICKNAME: Rach. AGE & LOCATION: 32, Australia. GENDER IDENTITY & PREFERRED PRONOUNS: Genderqueer; female pronouns are fine. OCCUPATION/STUDYING: Just resigned from work after months of not being able to work and suffering intense anxiety because of work/not being able to work, so it's back to surviving solely on disability support pension for me.
MORE ABOUT ME: DESCRIBE MYSELF IN FIVE WORDS: Pagan, kinky, creative, spiritual, broken.
HOBBIES & PASTTIMES: I've recently discovered the joys of jewellery making and crafting! I particularly enjoy making hairfalls and things with semi-precious gems. Love playing and meditation with my crystals, doing yoga (though, I haven't done that in a while, whoops), watching movies, reading, writing, kink,
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EASIER STUFF: HOW I RUN MY JOURNAL: I have filters for very personal things that I only add people to once I've gotten to know them well enough to trust them (sorry, I but have a lot of trust issues stemming from abuse). I talk about all manner of things, from my girlfriend to my daughter, to my cats, to my meditations and dreams, to my nightmares and anxieties, to my experiences of trauma. I can tend to post sporadically - sometimes a couple of times a day, sometimes a couple of times a week, sometimes even just a couple of times a month. It truly depends on where I'm at, if I need (or WANT) to talk, and if I have the energy to actually write things out. I am trying to improve my commenting frequency but this, again, can depend on how tired I am. FRIENDING POLICIES: I don't friend anyone I don't know. This friending meme will be the only exception. Please do not be offended if I feel that we would not make good friends. I just need to be very protective of my space, as LJ is one of the very few safe places I have to talk
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BEFORE READING MY POST, PLEASE NOTE THESE TRIGGER WARNINGS: •Emotional, physical, and psychological abuse •Mentions of self-harm and suicide •Mentions of drug abuse
ABOUT ME: NAME/NICKNAME: Holly AGE & LOCATION: 23/Canada GENDER IDENTITY & PREFERRED PRONOUNS: Female/female pronouns. OCCUPATION/STUDYING:
MORE ABOUT ME: DESCRIBE MYSELF IN FIVE WORDS: Honest/blunt, sensitive, ambitious, curious, creative. And awkward. HOBBIES & PASTTIMES: Reading, writing, painting, listening to music, studying/learning, playing games, animals. Just.. animals. FIVE FAVOURITE BOOKS: "White Oleander" by Janet Fitch; "Watership Down" by Richard Adams; "The Neverending Story" by Michael Ende; "The Last Unicorn" by Peter S. Beagle; "The Hobbit" by J. R. R. Tolkien; and "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Richard Golden. FIVE FAVOURITE MOVIES: Only five! Ugh. I don't think I can only pick five. I have at least five favorite movies JUST from Disney. I guess, uh.. The Tenth Kingdom, The Last Unicorn, Sin City, Vanity Fair, uh.. no, there's just no way I can only pick
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EASIER STUFF: HOW I RUN MY JOURNAL: I used to post in it a lot (I have almost 1,000 posts since I made it a couple of years ago), but after my best friend committed suicide in March of 2012, I basically stopped updating my journal. I'm trying, though. FRIENDING POLICIES: I'll friend anyone as long as they friend me first - but only if their journal isn't in a foreign language. Made the mistake of doing that once, and now I log on and have 20+ spam messages in my inbox every day. THINGS I WILL NOT TOLERATE ON MY JOURNAL: Bullying, harassment, any type of -ism directed towards me or anyone on my journal (transphobia, homophobia, sexism, racism, ableism, etc.) and spam. If you're only going to add me to tell me to shut my whore mouth because of that one time that I didn't know what a trigger warning was two years ago, please remove yourself from my journal. ANYTHING ELSE: I occasionally talk about my rats (and post pictures of them), my boyfriend, and my drug abuse on my journal. Don't add me if you don't feel comfortable with that.
ohi. i wouldn't mind getting to know you. i would also like to note that i understand how it feels to lose the drive to write when someone close to you commits suicide. i've had it happen on multiple occasions. so yeah, if you want someone to talk to, i'll be around. <3
BEFORE READING MY POST, PLEASE NOTE THESE TRIGGER WARNINGS: • mentions of self-harm and suicide • mentions of mental illness • mentions of bullying
ABOUT ME: NAME/NICKNAME: Mierke AGE & LOCATION: 24, Belgium GENDER IDENTITY & PREFERRED PRONOUNS: Female/female pronouns OCCUPATION/STUDYING: Currently unemployed, but I've got a degree in translating
MORE ABOUT ME: DESCRIBE MYSELF IN FIVE WORDS: Passionate, loyal, obsessive, creative, struggling HOBBIES & PASTTIMES: Watching TV, reading, writing FIVE FAVOURITE BOOKS: Mostly series: Harry Potter by JK Rowling, The Hollows by Kim Harrison, Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead. Everything Katarina Von Bredow has ever written, especially her first two novels. FIVE FAVOURITE MOVIES: Serendipity, Avatar, Music & Lyrics, Imagine me & you, Coyote Ugly FIVE FAVOURITE TV SHOWS: Current only, to make this easier: Castle, Switched at Birth, Bunheads, Nashville, Hart of Dixie FIVE FAVOURITE MUSICIANS/BANDS: JackoBond, Chely Wright, Music of Nashville series, Anna Nalick, Lene Marlin
THE DIFFICULT STUFF (TRIGGER WARNINGS AHEAD): MY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN A NUTSHELL: I've got borderline personality disorder, am fighting against a self-harm addiction. I have been bordering on bulimia but never went over the edge. Also, severe social anxiety. I've been suicidal off and on since I was 15. I'M A SURVIVOR OF: Bullying MY TRIGGERS SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THEM (OPTIONAL): Self-harm, things having to do with eating disorders. MEDICATIONS THAT I AM ON (OPTIONAL): None at the moment OTHER HEALTH ISSUES (OPTIONAL): None OTHER THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW (PLEASE NOTE NECESSARY TRIGGER WARNINGS IF APPLICABLE): None, I think
EASIER STUFF: HOW I RUN MY JOURNAL: (for instance: filters, how often you post, how often you comment, things that you talk about on your journal, etc) I've got a filter for the mental health-related stuff with the friends I really trust; I post other life-stuff and fandommy stuff friends only; I post fanfic and fanart for everyone to see
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BEFORE READING MY POST, PLEASE NOTE THESE TRIGGER WARNINGS: • Self-injury • Suicidal ideation
ABOUT ME: NAME/NICKNAME: Alexa AGE & LOCATION: 22, Richmond, VA, USA GENDER IDENTITY & PREFERRED PRONOUNS: She/Her (I'm not too familiar with the terminology here, sorry!) OCCUPATION/STUDYING: Student -- psychology. I want to specialize in mood disorders and art therapy
MORE ABOUT ME: DESCRIBE MYSELF IN FIVE WORDS: Independent, artistic, empathetic, compassionate, obsessive HOBBIES & PASTTIMES: Reading, writing, anything artsy and crafty, spending time online, exercise and fitness, I'm starting to enjoy cooking and really getting into it, cleaning, hm... FIVE FAVOURITE BOOKS: My favorite book is Demian by Hermann Hesse, and he's also my favorite author. My other favorites are... Of course, Harry Potter, just like everyone else! I can't really think of any specific titles off the top of my head, but I love most of the classics, and sometimes I enjoy reading some young adult books (I'm very picky about them though) -- right now my favorite
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THE DIFFICULT STUFF (TRIGGER WARNINGS AHEAD): MY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN A NUTSHELL: I have bipolar II and OCD, and I also have a history of derealization while under stress. I'M A SURVIVOR OF: Life. MY TRIGGERS SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THEM (OPTIONAL): Any kind of negativity and conflict. I always tend to have automatic thoughts of suicide whenever I'm near any type of confrontation. I just can't handle it. I think that's the main thing. MEDICATIONS THAT I AM ON (OPTIONAL): Currently, I'm only on Viibryd and Lamictal, but I've been on everything OTHER HEALTH ISSUES (OPTIONAL): None OTHER THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW (PLEASE NOTE NECESSARY TRIGGER WARNINGS IF APPLICABLE): None that I can think of.
EASIER STUFF: HOW I RUN MY JOURNAL: (for instance: filters, how often you post, how often you comment, things that you talk about on your journal, etc) I post a lot. There isn't really any kind of pattern, but it's pretty regular. Everything is friends only except for my public introduction post. FRIENDING POLICIES: I just ask that we get to
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Yes! So do I! I'm constantly having to tell my brain to shut up when watching movies, haha. Especially historical dramas where the era is a time I've done a lot of reading into - the amount of false information in historical movies can drive me insaaane.
Also, a fellow eclectic pagan! *high five!* Would you be interested in being friends? :-)
BEFORE READING MY POST, PLEASE NOTE THESE TRIGGER WARNINGS: • Mentions of emotional, physical, psychological abuse, developmental disorders • Mentions of major depression/seasonal affective disorder • Mentions of emetophobia (fear of vomiting/vomit in general)
ABOUT ME: NAME/NICKNAME: Madeleine/Maddie AGE & LOCATION: 21, Virginia, USA GENDER IDENTITY & PREFERRED PRONOUNS:Cis Female/Female Pronouns OCCUPATION/STUDYING: Full-Time Student, Majoring in English, Minor in Theatre
MORE ABOUT ME: DESCRIBE MYSELF IN FIVE WORDS: Smart, Creative, Sensitive, Friendly, Thoughtful HOBBIES & PASTTIMES: acting, writing, reading, singing, dancing (though I'm not very good at it), making festive cards, over-scheduling myself, doodling, FIVE FAVOURITE BOOKS: The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls, A Wolf At The Table by Augusten Burroughs, Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult FIVE FAVOURITE MOVIES: Beauty and the Beast, Summer Wars, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Prince Of Egypt,
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EASIER STUFF: HOW I RUN MY JOURNAL: (for instance: filters, how often you post, how often you comment, things that you talk about on your journal, etc) I do not have any filters, but my journal is friends-only. I usually try to update at least once a week, twice if I'm lucky. I talk about real life things and fandom-related things as well. I try to comment on my friend's entries as much as I can. FRIENDING POLICIES: THINGS I WILL NOT TOLERATE ON MY JOURNAL: Ignorance, any kind of hate mongering, any -ism, rape culture, fat shaming. Just don't be an ignorant person, is all I'm saying. ANYTHING ELSE: Think good thoughts, y'all.
POST SOMETHING THAT MADE YOU SMILE TODAY: (THIS CAN BE ANYTHING FROM A GOOD THOUGHT TO A VIDEO ON YOUTUBE.)
The harmonies and dissonance in this piece are amazing :3
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BEFORE READING MY POST, PLEASE NOTE THESE TRIGGER WARNINGS:
• mentions of rape, sexual assault and sexual abuse
• mentions of child abuse
• mentions of emotional and psychological abuse
• mentions of mental illness
ABOUT ME:
NAME/NICKNAME: Rach.
AGE & LOCATION: 32, Australia.
GENDER IDENTITY & PREFERRED PRONOUNS: Genderqueer; female pronouns are fine.
OCCUPATION/STUDYING: Just resigned from work after months of not being able to work and suffering intense anxiety because of work/not being able to work, so it's back to surviving solely on disability support pension for me.
MORE ABOUT ME:
DESCRIBE MYSELF IN FIVE WORDS: Pagan, kinky, creative, spiritual, broken.
HOBBIES & PASTTIMES: I've recently discovered the joys of jewellery making and crafting! I particularly enjoy making hairfalls and things with semi-precious gems. Love playing and meditation with my crystals, doing yoga (though, I haven't done that in a while, whoops), watching movies, reading, writing, kink, ( ... )
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EASIER STUFF:
HOW I RUN MY JOURNAL: I have filters for very personal things that I only add people to once I've gotten to know them well enough to trust them (sorry, I but have a lot of trust issues stemming from abuse). I talk about all manner of things, from my girlfriend to my daughter, to my cats, to my meditations and dreams, to my nightmares and anxieties, to my experiences of trauma. I can tend to post sporadically - sometimes a couple of times a day, sometimes a couple of times a week, sometimes even just a couple of times a month. It truly depends on where I'm at, if I need (or WANT) to talk, and if I have the energy to actually write things out. I am trying to improve my commenting frequency but this, again, can depend on how tired I am.
FRIENDING POLICIES: I don't friend anyone I don't know. This friending meme will be the only exception. Please do not be offended if I feel that we would not make good friends. I just need to be very protective of my space, as LJ is one of the very few safe places I have to talk ( ... )
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•Emotional, physical, and psychological abuse
•Mentions of self-harm and suicide
•Mentions of drug abuse
ABOUT ME:
NAME/NICKNAME: Holly
AGE & LOCATION: 23/Canada
GENDER IDENTITY & PREFERRED PRONOUNS: Female/female pronouns.
OCCUPATION/STUDYING:
MORE ABOUT ME:
DESCRIBE MYSELF IN FIVE WORDS: Honest/blunt, sensitive, ambitious, curious, creative. And awkward.
HOBBIES & PASTTIMES: Reading, writing, painting, listening to music, studying/learning, playing games, animals. Just.. animals.
FIVE FAVOURITE BOOKS: "White Oleander" by Janet Fitch; "Watership Down" by Richard Adams; "The Neverending Story" by Michael Ende; "The Last Unicorn" by Peter S. Beagle; "The Hobbit" by J. R. R. Tolkien; and "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Richard Golden.
FIVE FAVOURITE MOVIES: Only five! Ugh. I don't think I can only pick five. I have at least five favorite movies JUST from Disney. I guess, uh.. The Tenth Kingdom, The Last Unicorn, Sin City, Vanity Fair, uh.. no, there's just no way I can only pick ( ... )
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EASIER STUFF:
HOW I RUN MY JOURNAL: I used to post in it a lot (I have almost 1,000 posts since I made it a couple of years ago), but after my best friend committed suicide in March of 2012, I basically stopped updating my journal. I'm trying, though.
FRIENDING POLICIES: I'll friend anyone as long as they friend me first - but only if their journal isn't in a foreign language. Made the mistake of doing that once, and now I log on and have 20+ spam messages in my inbox every day.
THINGS I WILL NOT TOLERATE ON MY JOURNAL: Bullying, harassment, any type of -ism directed towards me or anyone on my journal (transphobia, homophobia, sexism, racism, ableism, etc.) and spam. If you're only going to add me to tell me to shut my whore mouth because of that one time that I didn't know what a trigger warning was two years ago, please remove yourself from my journal.
ANYTHING ELSE: I occasionally talk about my rats (and post pictures of them), my boyfriend, and my drug abuse on my journal. Don't add me if you don't feel comfortable with that.
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• mentions of self-harm and suicide
• mentions of mental illness
• mentions of bullying
ABOUT ME:
NAME/NICKNAME: Mierke
AGE & LOCATION: 24, Belgium
GENDER IDENTITY & PREFERRED PRONOUNS: Female/female pronouns
OCCUPATION/STUDYING: Currently unemployed, but I've got a degree in translating
MORE ABOUT ME:
DESCRIBE MYSELF IN FIVE WORDS: Passionate, loyal, obsessive, creative, struggling
HOBBIES & PASTTIMES: Watching TV, reading, writing
FIVE FAVOURITE BOOKS: Mostly series: Harry Potter by JK Rowling, The Hollows by Kim Harrison, Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead. Everything Katarina Von Bredow has ever written, especially her first two novels.
FIVE FAVOURITE MOVIES: Serendipity, Avatar, Music & Lyrics, Imagine me & you, Coyote Ugly
FIVE FAVOURITE TV SHOWS: Current only, to make this easier: Castle, Switched at Birth, Bunheads, Nashville, Hart of Dixie
FIVE FAVOURITE MUSICIANS/BANDS: JackoBond, Chely Wright, Music of Nashville series, Anna Nalick, Lene Marlin
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MY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN A NUTSHELL: I've got borderline personality disorder, am fighting against a self-harm addiction. I have been bordering on bulimia but never went over the edge. Also, severe social anxiety. I've been suicidal off and on since I was 15.
I'M A SURVIVOR OF: Bullying
MY TRIGGERS SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THEM (OPTIONAL): Self-harm, things having to do with eating disorders.
MEDICATIONS THAT I AM ON (OPTIONAL): None at the moment
OTHER HEALTH ISSUES (OPTIONAL): None
OTHER THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW (PLEASE NOTE NECESSARY TRIGGER WARNINGS IF APPLICABLE): None, I think
EASIER STUFF:
HOW I RUN MY JOURNAL: (for instance: filters, how often you post, how often you comment, things that you talk about on your journal, etc) I've got a filter for the mental health-related stuff with the friends I really trust; I post other life-stuff and fandommy stuff friends only; I post fanfic and fanart for everyone to see ( ... )
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• Self-injury
• Suicidal ideation
ABOUT ME:
NAME/NICKNAME: Alexa
AGE & LOCATION: 22, Richmond, VA, USA
GENDER IDENTITY & PREFERRED PRONOUNS: She/Her (I'm not too familiar with the terminology here, sorry!)
OCCUPATION/STUDYING: Student -- psychology. I want to specialize in mood disorders and art therapy
MORE ABOUT ME:
DESCRIBE MYSELF IN FIVE WORDS: Independent, artistic, empathetic, compassionate, obsessive
HOBBIES & PASTTIMES: Reading, writing, anything artsy and crafty, spending time online, exercise and fitness, I'm starting to enjoy cooking and really getting into it, cleaning, hm...
FIVE FAVOURITE BOOKS: My favorite book is Demian by Hermann Hesse, and he's also my favorite author. My other favorites are... Of course, Harry Potter, just like everyone else! I can't really think of any specific titles off the top of my head, but I love most of the classics, and sometimes I enjoy reading some young adult books (I'm very picky about them though) -- right now my favorite ( ... )
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MY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN A NUTSHELL: I have bipolar II and OCD, and I also have a history of derealization while under stress.
I'M A SURVIVOR OF: Life.
MY TRIGGERS SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THEM (OPTIONAL): Any kind of negativity and conflict. I always tend to have automatic thoughts of suicide whenever I'm near any type of confrontation. I just can't handle it. I think that's the main thing.
MEDICATIONS THAT I AM ON (OPTIONAL): Currently, I'm only on Viibryd and Lamictal, but I've been on everything
OTHER HEALTH ISSUES (OPTIONAL): None
OTHER THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW (PLEASE NOTE NECESSARY TRIGGER WARNINGS IF APPLICABLE): None that I can think of.
EASIER STUFF:
HOW I RUN MY JOURNAL: (for instance: filters, how often you post, how often you comment, things that you talk about on your journal, etc) I post a lot. There isn't really any kind of pattern, but it's pretty regular. Everything is friends only except for my public introduction post.
FRIENDING POLICIES: I just ask that we get to ( ... )
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Yes! So do I! I'm constantly having to tell my brain to shut up when watching movies, haha. Especially historical dramas where the era is a time I've done a lot of reading into - the amount of false information in historical movies can drive me insaaane.
Also, a fellow eclectic pagan! *high five!* Would you be interested in being friends? :-)
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I'll add ya.
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• Mentions of emotional, physical, psychological abuse, developmental disorders
• Mentions of major depression/seasonal affective disorder
• Mentions of emetophobia (fear of vomiting/vomit in general)
ABOUT ME:
NAME/NICKNAME: Madeleine/Maddie
AGE & LOCATION: 21, Virginia, USA
GENDER IDENTITY & PREFERRED PRONOUNS:Cis Female/Female Pronouns
OCCUPATION/STUDYING: Full-Time Student, Majoring in English, Minor in Theatre
MORE ABOUT ME:
DESCRIBE MYSELF IN FIVE WORDS: Smart, Creative, Sensitive, Friendly, Thoughtful
HOBBIES & PASTTIMES: acting, writing, reading, singing, dancing (though I'm not very good at it), making festive cards, over-scheduling myself, doodling,
FIVE FAVOURITE BOOKS: The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls, A Wolf At The Table by Augusten Burroughs, Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
FIVE FAVOURITE MOVIES: Beauty and the Beast, Summer Wars, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Prince Of Egypt, ( ... )
Reply
HOW I RUN MY JOURNAL: (for instance: filters, how often you post, how often you comment, things that you talk about on your journal, etc) I do not have any filters, but my journal is friends-only. I usually try to update at least once a week, twice if I'm lucky. I talk about real life things and fandom-related things as well. I try to comment on my friend's entries as much as I can.
FRIENDING POLICIES:
THINGS I WILL NOT TOLERATE ON MY JOURNAL: Ignorance, any kind of hate mongering, any -ism, rape culture, fat shaming. Just don't be an ignorant person, is all I'm saying.
ANYTHING ELSE: Think good thoughts, y'all.
POST SOMETHING THAT MADE YOU SMILE TODAY:
(THIS CAN BE ANYTHING FROM A GOOD THOUGHT TO A VIDEO ON YOUTUBE.)
The harmonies and dissonance in this piece are amazing :3
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