From FB (complete with some comments)

[xxasimont]

Wow, Ben's book "A Cut Closer to Whole" has been, along with the long weekend in Sydney, the catalyst! My story, which has been simmering in the diaries, journals and notebooks I've spent most of my 52 years writing, has been newborn and demanding feeds of ink on paper! 5 pages virtually straight out without even a cup of coffee (the kettle's

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[coughing]

Hello, thanks for commenting friends-only post and approving my membership! Sorry this is so late as well, nowadays I mostly live on Facebook and Tumblr. (Also, I'm replying here rather than on my LJ because my abuser recently found my Facebook account, so I'm trying to keep all public references to him to a minimum right now)

"I'm trying to get work to save up and build another building on my property specifically for BOOKS"
I'd love to see photos when it's done, that's pretty much my dream come true! =O

"think I"m winning the battle to have borderline personality disorder deleted as it was an inappropriate diagnosis"
I really hope you can get it removed from your diagnosis list ASAP! It seems everyone who's been abused gets that label slapped on them without much thought, I'm also trying to get it removed from my notes. Not even exaggerating, I think 3/4ths of my friends list have been told they have BPD when they clearly don't. =/ When you were diagnosed did they offer you any therapy, or did they just leave you hanging?

"Invisible disabilities are hell to deal with, do you also get the 'but you look FINE'? That one really annoys the hell out of me!"
YES, that's one of my biggest pet-peeves! I use a walking stick (and sometimes a wheelchair) nowadays so my illnesses aren't as invisible as they used to be, but I still get the usual looks of disbelief whenever I use a priority seat on the London Underground, for example. =/

"I really hope you don't mind my friending you, I'm trying to get back to LJ, I sort of got sidetracked a lot by Facebook (if you're there, I"m Simon Hugh Villiers Maynard- there's only one by that name, as it's my full name)"
Not at all! I'm in the same boat; I haven't properly updated since 2010 and as time goes by it seems harder to come back, especially since most people are more active on Facebook (speaking of which, I'll be sure to add you there as well), so I tend to only use LJ for communities now.