sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name
Friday, May 27th, 2011 02:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
erikaThere have been many circling memes on DW, but perhaps none quite like this.
This is a circling meme for the mentally ill.
For the purposes of this circling meme, "mentally ill" means you have a diagnosed mental illness, which includes but is not limited to: bipolar disorder, any personality disorder, depression, any anxiety disorder including panic disorder, disassociative identity disorder, ADHD, schizophrenia, or various combinations of the above.
(If you see a therapist, a psychiatrist, or another medical professional for mental health symptoms, even if you don't know your diagnosis, you're also welcome. If your mental illness is in remission/in good management, you are still welcome.)
Basically, if one of the topics on your journal is your own mental illness, I want you! Comment away, with whatever information you feel is appropriate, but here's a template:
Your identity: not necessarily A/S/L (though you can feel free to put that in) but relevant information that might tell people why they should read you or would want to get to know you. Feel free to link to a sticky post.
Your diagnosis: only if you're comfortable sharing this information on a public entry. Be as specific as you like, but generalities are fine.
How many entries you typically write a week: Within a given range is fine.
Other topics you discuss on your journal: college, your children, your pets, fandom(s), boy/girl trouble, etc.
Interests / hobbies you have: knitting, making icons, programming, etc. (This may overlap with the "topics" question, that's okay!)
Feel free to skip these next few, but I find the answers interesting:
Finish this sentence: I think mentally ill people are . . .
Finish this sentence: The use of the word 'crazy' by a non-mentally ill person. . .
Anything else you'd like to share!
This is a circling meme for the mentally ill.
For the purposes of this circling meme, "mentally ill" means you have a diagnosed mental illness, which includes but is not limited to: bipolar disorder, any personality disorder, depression, any anxiety disorder including panic disorder, disassociative identity disorder, ADHD, schizophrenia, or various combinations of the above.
(If you see a therapist, a psychiatrist, or another medical professional for mental health symptoms, even if you don't know your diagnosis, you're also welcome. If your mental illness is in remission/in good management, you are still welcome.)
Basically, if one of the topics on your journal is your own mental illness, I want you! Comment away, with whatever information you feel is appropriate, but here's a template:
Your identity: not necessarily A/S/L (though you can feel free to put that in) but relevant information that might tell people why they should read you or would want to get to know you. Feel free to link to a sticky post.
Your diagnosis: only if you're comfortable sharing this information on a public entry. Be as specific as you like, but generalities are fine.
How many entries you typically write a week: Within a given range is fine.
Other topics you discuss on your journal: college, your children, your pets, fandom(s), boy/girl trouble, etc.
Interests / hobbies you have: knitting, making icons, programming, etc. (This may overlap with the "topics" question, that's okay!)
Feel free to skip these next few, but I find the answers interesting:
Finish this sentence: I think mentally ill people are . . .
Finish this sentence: The use of the word 'crazy' by a non-mentally ill person. . .
Anything else you'd like to share!
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PM is the best place to do that,
not on this entry.)
to discuss this entry with me
for any reason
PM is the best place to do that,
not on this entry.)
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on Sunday, May 29th, 2011 12:37 am (UTC)A cassowary is the third largest bird in the world, is semi-carnivorous and puts people in mind of velociraptors. Cassowary is a feminist cis lesbian epileptic gamer with a yen for fantasy novels, shoujo manga, and LARPing. I'm a college student who lives at home when classes are not in session, in a not entirely healthy family environment.
My diagnos[is/es]:
Major depression, some species of anxiety disorder, epilepsy, and possibly ADD (my psychiatrist is still thinking that last one over.)
I typically write around this many entries a week:
At the moment, zero, because I'm still finding my feet on dreamwidth. I expect that number to pick up at some point soon, though.
Other topics I discuss on my journal:
In theory: gaming (tabletop, LARP and video,) school drama, what I'm reading, the odd piece of music, feminist theory, disability theory. In theory...
Interests / hobbies you have:
Live Action Role Playing, tabletop games such as D+D, webcomics, western comics, manga, rpg's, survival horror games, tvtropes, inadequate usage of capitals, meticulously keeping a five year old laptop running as smoothly as possible
I think mentally ill people are . . .
people, full stop.
The use of the word crazy by a non-mentally ill person . . .
makes me somewhat uncomfortable, and rather angry.
Anything else to share?:
I fully intend to learn Klingon at some point. I also write fic as skybluecassowary on Archive of Our Own.
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on Sunday, May 29th, 2011 01:32 am (UTC)no subject
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on Sunday, May 29th, 2011 07:18 pm (UTC)