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ABOUT ME: NAME/NICKNAME: friv0lity AGE & LOCATION: 23, Canada GENDER IDENTITY & PREFERRED PRONOUNS: female? OCCUPATION/STUDYING: Just graduated college..
MORE ABOUT ME: DESCRIBE MYSELF IN FIVE WORDS: quiet, observative, ailurophile, funny, dorky HOBBIES & PASTTIMES: reading, writing, working out, watching tv and drinking coffee FIVE FAVOURITE BOOKS: The Fault in our Starts, A game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Hurry Down Sunshine and Looking for Alaska FIVE FAVOURITE MOVIES: Little Miss Sunshine, Speak, Pitch Perfect, LotR, Harry Potter FIVE FAVOURITE TV SHOWS: Once Upon a Time, Castle, Criminal Minds, MLP, Supernatural FIVE FAVOURITE MUSICIANS/BANDS: Florence + the Machine, Taylor Swift, Damien Rice, Gotye, Blue October
THINKING ABOUT GOOD THINGS: THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MYSELF: My dorkiness. THREE THINGS MY FRIENDS WOULD SAY ABOUT ME: loyal, honnest, quiet THREE THINGS I'M GOOD AT: baking, languages and sleeping THREE THINGS I'M GRATEFUL FOR: my cat, Kayla, books
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BEFORE READING MY POST, PLEASE NOTE THESE TRIGGER WARNINGS: • mental illness • body image, food, weight, fat • mild bullying and emotional abuse
ABOUT ME: NAME/NICKNAME: Kimberly (never Kim, please. K works) AGE & LOCATION: Ageless. I wish. Actually, this is an issue for me, because in the past many years, I've been discriminated against because of my age more than I have because of being super plus size, crippled (I walk with two canes), bisexual, and polyamorous combined. Internally, I feel -- in good ways and not so good -- about 27. I was born in 1963. GENDER IDENTITY & PREFERRED PRONOUNS: mostly female, though I like experimenting with gender identity. female pronouns are fine. OCCUPATION/STUDYING: disabled for about 15 years for major depression/bipolar. I'm not even a good housewife.
MORE ABOUT ME: DESCRIBE MYSELF IN FIVE WORDS: moody, unreliable, geeky, tired, selfish HOBBIES & PASTTIMES: reading, visual journaling (sort a cross between art journaling and smashbooking), collecting & trading postcards and other items,
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THE DIFFICULT STUFF (TRIGGER WARNINGS AHEAD): MY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN A NUTSHELL: major depression/bipolar. I was diagnosed with major depression when I was 20, though I'd had it for years, then re-diagnosed seven years ago as having bipolar. I don't have much mania, though. I'M A SURVIVOR OF: parents, friends, and doctors who told me I was fat when I was 5'7" and weighed 160 lbs. Pul-eeze. being teased since 4th grade for having big boobs. Like, 36E when I was 160 lbs in junior high school. MY TRIGGERS SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THEM (OPTIONAL): this is really weird, I know, but… details of abuse to animals. hypocritically, I'm not a vegetarian. MEDICATIONS THAT I AM ON (OPTIONAL): for bipolar: Lexapro 20mg, Depakote 500mg, Vitamin D 5000 iu; for arthritis pain: Celebrex 200mg/day, Elavil 10mg/day, Soma 350 mg 2-4x/day, Norco 10/325mg 4-5x/day. Xanax and alcohol occasionally; working (and it is WORK, let me tell you!) on getting a medical marijuana card for pain. OTHER HEALTH ISSUES (OPTIONAL): severe arthritis in hips, knees, back,
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details of abuse to animals Oh my gosh, yes. I have panic attacks when subjected to images or descriptions of animals being tortured or otherwise. I'm not sure why I find so confronting (other than the fact that animal abuse is terrible); but whatever it is, it triggers something deep inside me that upsets me on levels I can't express.
I'm an advocate for fat acceptance though, and for being healthy, including having good health esteem, and not waiting to get skinny for life to start. AMEN, SISTAH.
Friends? My thread is at the top if you wish to read mine. :-)
I once walked out on a job, on the spot, because a coworker repeated a really horrible animal abuse story in my presence not ten minutes after she'd told me and I'd asked her to PLEASE not talk about things like that in my presence. That was the next to last job I worked, no doubt leaving like that added to the evidence for my not being able to work.
Oops, I meant "having good self esteem" but yeah, you get the idea.
Friended. I read your thread before commenting originally, because I wanted to see whose journal and world I was commenting to :)
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ABOUT ME: NAME/NICKNAME: Katy AGE & LOCATION: 31 Atlanta GENDER IDENTITY & PREFERRED PRONOUNS: oh this is a ridiculous question for me because I'm still questioning this a lot but for now I have decided not to upset my parents and continue to go by she. OCCUPATION/STUDYING: living on disability, but taking classes in computer programming in case the day ever comes where I find myself able to work.
MORE ABOUT ME: DESCRIBE MYSELF IN FIVE WORDS: extrovert with Aspergers and pets. HOBBIES & PASTTIMES: Archery, playing with my dogs, HOCKEY (watching it, not playing it), trying to get into gardening, reading especially YA literature, working on my 101 in 1001 list. Volunteering at the aquarium. FIVE FAVOURITE BOOKS: YA literature. The Snipesville Chronicles, Hunger Games, Enders Game (So excited about this movie I could squee), Harry Potter (does it count as 5 if they're all series?) FIVE FAVOURITE MOVIES: Les Mis, Schindler's List,
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Awww, I would love to hear all about your pets and your work at the aquarium and good YA books. I haven't read many lately, but I do love them. Friends?
BEFORE READING MY POST, PLEASE NOTE THESE TRIGGER WARNINGS: • Mentions mental health issues • Rape/Sexual assault, childhood sexual abuse • Physical and emotional abuse, bullying
ABOUT ME: NAME/NICKNAME: Emma/Silver AGE & LOCATION: 27, UK GENDER IDENTITY & PREFERRED PRONOUNS: Female OCCUPATION/STUDYING: Studying for a degree in English Literature, and also studying Canine Psychology.
MORE ABOUT ME: DESCRIBE MYSELF IN FIVE WORDS: Creative, shy, determined, sensitive, awkward. HOBBIES & PASTTIMES: Writing. Reading. Playing video games. Listening to music. Working with my dog. FIVE FAVOURITE BOOKS: I can't pick just 5. Shakespeare, a lot of the old classics. FIVE FAVOURITE MOVIES: The Lord of the Rings, Nightmare on Elm Street, Aliens, The Ring, Scary Movie. FIVE FAVOURITE TV SHOWS: The Simpsons, Sex and the City... that's it, I don't really watch TV. FIVE FAVOURITE MUSICIANS/BANDS: Queen, Bruce Springsteen, Eminem, Bon Jovi, Michael Bolton.
THINKING ABOUT GOOD THINGS: THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MYSELF: My creativity, my imagination
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I'd love to be friends with you! You seem like a witty and cool person, and we both have similar views on equality, and similar hobbies. I also happen to love music too.
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ABOUT ME:
NAME/NICKNAME: friv0lity
AGE & LOCATION: 23, Canada
GENDER IDENTITY & PREFERRED PRONOUNS: female?
OCCUPATION/STUDYING: Just graduated college..
MORE ABOUT ME:
DESCRIBE MYSELF IN FIVE WORDS: quiet, observative, ailurophile, funny, dorky
HOBBIES & PASTTIMES: reading, writing, working out, watching tv and drinking coffee
FIVE FAVOURITE BOOKS: The Fault in our Starts, A game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Hurry Down Sunshine and Looking for Alaska
FIVE FAVOURITE MOVIES: Little Miss Sunshine, Speak, Pitch Perfect, LotR, Harry Potter
FIVE FAVOURITE TV SHOWS: Once Upon a Time, Castle, Criminal Minds, MLP, Supernatural
FIVE FAVOURITE MUSICIANS/BANDS: Florence + the Machine, Taylor Swift, Damien Rice, Gotye, Blue October
THINKING ABOUT GOOD THINGS:
THREE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MYSELF: My dorkiness.
THREE THINGS MY FRIENDS WOULD SAY ABOUT ME: loyal, honnest, quiet
THREE THINGS I'M GOOD AT: baking, languages and sleeping
THREE THINGS I'M GRATEFUL FOR: my cat, Kayla, books
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Also animal and human rights and mental illness awareness :)
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• mental illness
• body image, food, weight, fat
• mild bullying and emotional abuse
ABOUT ME:
NAME/NICKNAME: Kimberly (never Kim, please. K works)
AGE & LOCATION: Ageless. I wish. Actually, this is an issue for me, because in the past many years, I've been discriminated against because of my age more than I have because of being super plus size, crippled (I walk with two canes), bisexual, and polyamorous combined. Internally, I feel -- in good ways and not so good -- about 27. I was born in 1963.
GENDER IDENTITY & PREFERRED PRONOUNS: mostly female, though I like experimenting with gender identity. female pronouns are fine.
OCCUPATION/STUDYING: disabled for about 15 years for major depression/bipolar. I'm not even a good housewife.
MORE ABOUT ME:
DESCRIBE MYSELF IN FIVE WORDS: moody, unreliable, geeky, tired, selfish
HOBBIES & PASTTIMES: reading, visual journaling (sort a cross between art journaling and smashbooking), collecting & trading postcards and other items, ( ... )
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MY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN A NUTSHELL: major depression/bipolar. I was diagnosed with major depression when I was 20, though I'd had it for years, then re-diagnosed seven years ago as having bipolar. I don't have much mania, though.
I'M A SURVIVOR OF: parents, friends, and doctors who told me I was fat when I was 5'7" and weighed 160 lbs. Pul-eeze. being teased since 4th grade for having big boobs. Like, 36E when I was 160 lbs in junior high school.
MY TRIGGERS SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THEM (OPTIONAL): this is really weird, I know, but… details of abuse to animals. hypocritically, I'm not a vegetarian.
MEDICATIONS THAT I AM ON (OPTIONAL): for bipolar: Lexapro 20mg, Depakote 500mg, Vitamin D 5000 iu; for arthritis pain: Celebrex 200mg/day, Elavil 10mg/day, Soma 350 mg 2-4x/day, Norco 10/325mg 4-5x/day. Xanax and alcohol occasionally; working (and it is WORK, let me tell you!) on getting a medical marijuana card for pain.
OTHER HEALTH ISSUES (OPTIONAL): severe arthritis in hips, knees, back, ( ... )
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Oh my gosh, yes. I have panic attacks when subjected to images or descriptions of animals being tortured or otherwise. I'm not sure why I find so confronting (other than the fact that animal abuse is terrible); but whatever it is, it triggers something deep inside me that upsets me on levels I can't express.
I'm an advocate for fat acceptance though, and for being healthy, including having good health esteem, and not waiting to get skinny for life to start.
AMEN, SISTAH.
Friends? My thread is at the top if you wish to read mine. :-)
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Oops, I meant "having good self esteem" but yeah, you get the idea.
Friended. I read your thread before commenting originally, because I wanted to see whose journal and world I was commenting to :)
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ABOUT ME:
NAME/NICKNAME: Katy
AGE & LOCATION: 31 Atlanta
GENDER IDENTITY & PREFERRED PRONOUNS: oh this is a ridiculous question for me because I'm still questioning this a lot but for now I have decided not to upset my parents and continue to go by she.
OCCUPATION/STUDYING: living on disability, but taking classes in computer programming in case the day ever comes where I find myself able to work.
MORE ABOUT ME:
DESCRIBE MYSELF IN FIVE WORDS: extrovert with Aspergers and pets.
HOBBIES & PASTTIMES: Archery, playing with my dogs, HOCKEY (watching it, not playing it), trying to get into gardening, reading especially YA literature, working on my 101 in 1001 list. Volunteering at the aquarium.
FIVE FAVOURITE BOOKS: YA literature. The Snipesville Chronicles, Hunger Games, Enders Game (So excited about this movie I could squee), Harry Potter (does it count as 5 if they're all series?)
FIVE FAVOURITE MOVIES: Les Mis, Schindler's List, ( ... )
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• Mentions mental health issues
• Rape/Sexual assault, childhood sexual abuse
• Physical and emotional abuse, bullying
ABOUT ME:
NAME/NICKNAME: Emma/Silver
AGE & LOCATION: 27, UK
GENDER IDENTITY & PREFERRED PRONOUNS: Female
OCCUPATION/STUDYING: Studying for a degree in English Literature, and also studying Canine Psychology.
MORE ABOUT ME:
DESCRIBE MYSELF IN FIVE WORDS: Creative, shy, determined, sensitive, awkward.
HOBBIES & PASTTIMES: Writing. Reading. Playing video games. Listening to music. Working with my dog.
FIVE FAVOURITE BOOKS: I can't pick just 5. Shakespeare, a lot of the old classics.
FIVE FAVOURITE MOVIES: The Lord of the Rings, Nightmare on Elm Street, Aliens, The Ring, Scary Movie.
FIVE FAVOURITE TV SHOWS: The Simpsons, Sex and the City... that's it, I don't really watch TV.
FIVE FAVOURITE MUSICIANS/BANDS: Queen, Bruce Springsteen, Eminem, Bon Jovi, Michael Bolton.
THINKING ABOUT GOOD THINGS:
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