I'm getting the impression that my current boyfriend wants more than I'm capable of giving - not just more than I WANT to give, but more than I'm actually capable. I can't magically make myself perfectly able-bodied, and able to have my every issue conform to what he thinks is logical. A lot of his assumptions and supposed sound reasoning about ( Read more... )

I can't believe how people take advantage of me, or try to bulldoze right over my will. I've been told that, because I am soft spoken and kind, people think they can walk right over me, and I won't mind. I've often heard people say things like, "I normally wouldn't do this, but I know you'll forgive me." Then, if and when I protest, I'm accused ( Read more... )

So, I've been in a relationship since March. He's a nice guy in many respects, but I'm getting tired of him thinking he knows what's best for me regarding my disability or my transportation than I do. It isn't helpful to have a man (or anyone for that matter, but my boyfriend is obviously a man) insist that I can do something I said I couldn't do ( Read more... )

Lately, I've been thinking of how empowering the word no is when one truly owns the word.  As a woman, society attempts to condition me to believe that it's wrong for a female to assert herself, to have confidence in her own autonomy, to be an individual.  Even feminism, which is supposed to empower women, uses oppressive techniques to get women ( Read more... )

When life throws you curve balls, don't strike out.  Go on with your bad ass self and hit those fuckers right out of the park.

YEAH.

I'm so happy I figured out how to disable LJ cuts. I always found it more annoying to click a link for the rest of a post than it is to read a lengthy post straight through with no cut. Trigger warnings also annoy me. I do have my own triggers, which cause heinous emotions and psychological responses, but I take responsibility for my own safety ( Read more... )

Life isn't really about what happens to you. It's about how you deal with what happens to you and the outlook you choose to have. I'm sure there are people who could look at my life and think, "How could anyone be happy with this?" They'd no doubt be thinking of an abusive childhood, a laundry list of physical and learning disabilities, the way my ( Read more... )

I'm going insane. My period won't end on its own. I have to take freaking birth control to stop it, and that doesn't even work all the time, so this means that I can PMS more than once a month. I'm now bleeding like a stuck pig, and the earliest appointment I can get with a gynecologist is December 28th. This has been going on since August, and it ( Read more... )

This morning, I awoke blearily to the sounds of pounding rain and thunder. I never like waking up early, and I hate it even more when something wakes me up before I need to rise and start the day. Strangely enough, I DIDN'T immediately mutter and curse the fates for causing me to "unslumber" earlier than planned. Instead, my first thought was, "Oh ( Read more... )

I don't know how I came up with this notion, but lately when someone says something annoying in a chat room, I find myself thinking, "This doesn't matter. He/she only annoyed my internet feelings." I'm beginning to see my internet identity as being separate from my actual self. It's creating a calm, yet odd frame of mind ( Read more... )