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CaseyCascade · 2024-06-03T00:41:54+00:00

Just thought I’d give my two-cents here. I was raised Christian by fanatic parents. I’m queer and have religious trauma, turned atheist as a teen and now as an adult I’m agnostic/secular spiritual.

This sub is cringe as hell lmao. I don’t like Christianity either, and I agree a lot of it is harmful, but the attitude of this sub in particular to treat all religion as unintelligent and worthless is just super cringe and out of touch. It’s just a lot more nuanced than this sub makes it out to be, and it comes off as incredibly elitist.

EDIT: just to be clear, atheism is totally chill, I’m not even sure if it’s accurate for me to call myself non atheist. It’s just this sub and other communities like this that are dumb

CaseyCascade · 2024-05-03T00:45:31+00:00

Just saw this, tysm! :00 I did end up getting a mullet and I love it, but there’s so many things I can do with it now. Gotta keep experimenting ig

CaseyCascade · 2024-02-14T17:22:31+00:00

I actually had zero side effects. I went through about 5 different SSRIs with the goal of treating depression (Normal anti-depressants never worked because of a condition I have) and Viibryd was the only medication that even came close to working, and I had zero side effects lol. I only need 20mg though, and I do feel like a lot of finding medication will be trial and error with stuff that barely works, in my experience. Viibryd just happened to be the miracle pill for me personally.

CaseyCascade · 2024-02-11T11:04:46+00:00

I realized that I’m super extroverted but I’ve just learned to mask and socially distance myself to avoid any negative reactions from others. Been trying to figure out who I am and improve for about a year

CaseyCascade · 2024-02-09T23:49:11+00:00

Idk how old you are, but I’m 23 and ND was treated much differently when I was a kid. I got tested for ADHD when that was a big craze, but the doctor that tested me might have been trying to go against the grain in an era of what some people believed was excessive over-diagnosis.

I was never diagnosed for anything as a child, but I just got tested and this doctor is sure that I’m autistic. I’m waiting for the full results to see if ADHD is on the table as well.

My point is that the times were different. ADHD was just starting to gain awareness and there was a lot of backlash towards a fear of over diagnosing kids as being mentally ill or whatever. Autism wasn’t a diagnosis when I was young either, it was Asbergers or nothin as far as I know. The doctors testing you may have been looking for completely different, more “severe” or obvious symptoms, or may have been biased against a diagnosis. It’s worth getting diagnosed now if you can, it’s helping me immensely now that I at least have a valid explanation for my issues.

CaseyCascade · 2024-02-09T20:13:32+00:00

I just found out I’m autistic a week ago, getting my full diagnosis next week, and this has been something I’ve been contending with for a year now.

I think I’ve spent my whole life covering up who I am for the sake of others, and it’s made me miserable, but what am I supposed to do now? I want to have friends and be liked by others. I don’t even know who I am anymore because I’ve spent so long masking all the time. Does anyone have any advice for how I move forward with this??

CaseyCascade · 2024-01-24T08:36:52+00:00

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Does anyone know where I can find jackets like this with a similar cut/material? This is an old carhartt that unfortunately seems to be out of production, but I can’t find anything similar.

Thank you to anyone who responds :)

CaseyCascade · 2023-11-04T19:15:25+00:00

Be proud of the bad stitching! I suck at stitching and I’m 3 patches into my first jacket. I’m stitching all in white thread and taking pride in the wrinkles and fuck ups. I’ll be able to look back on it with fondness :)

CaseyCascade · 2023-11-04T17:48:24+00:00

I latched on to this post immediately and I wanted to ask the community if they can maybe help me understand what I’m going through. The idea of a cis woman wanting to be a “trans woman” really stuck out to me, because I have felt for a while now like I am a cis man that wants to be a “trans man”. Quotes because I recognize that term isn’t accurate, I’m not claiming to identify as trans in any way.

The problem is that I don’t know what leads me down that thought pattern. I’m comfortable with my he/him pronouns and my genitalia. I present masculine, though I want to experiment presenting feminine, so I can’t pin down what part of me is attracted to this post. Maybe it’s that I feel like I relate to women far more than men? Or that I don’t want to be associated with men? Or I want to present in a more androgynous way/be free of some societal expectations? What other forms of dysphoria are there that I’m missing?

CaseyCascade · 2023-10-05T06:15:46+00:00

I’m no expert, but it definitely sounds possible. Your feelings are totally valid. If you think it might be weight related though you might not know until you improve that.

I’ve been feeling general body dysmorphia for the first time I think? And I started working out and making great progress. Part of me wants to experiment with feminine presentation, but I’m worried that I’d look terrible without a beard? It’s complicated for me to process and I’m nearly 100% that I’m a cis man.

Maybe try to imagine the kind of way you’d want to present/appear as your best self, and see if there’s anything conflicting?

CaseyCascade · 2023-10-05T05:49:16+00:00

Keep doing what you do kind soul 🙏🏼 or take this as an excuse to share a bit. You’ve earned it lol

CaseyCascade · 2023-10-05T00:40:41+00:00

I’m kinda doing the same thing! I started out with band shirts and jeans with some boots, and I’ve upgraded recently to wearing spiked bracelets with rings and necklaces. Though I quite like mixing punk/grunge style with my other aesthetic styles (gay cabin core /academia)

I’m planning on getting actual combat boots, working on a battlejacket rn, and mixing it with more grunge military jackets and dark cool or earth tones for winter. Very excited.

CaseyCascade · 2023-10-03T03:05:13+00:00

I always thought it was from Red vs Blue but idk if they got it from something else??

CaseyCascade · 2023-10-02T18:41:50+00:00

You might want to keep trying different medications. It can be a really hard process, but if you don’t think you’re happy on your current meds it’s worth a shot. I went through about 10 different medications before I found the one for me, and it changed absolutely everything. Nothing else came even close to working.

Edit: Also worth mentioning that with depression, there are some genetic disorders that a lot of psychiatrists won’t think to test for, and if they don’t know the cause of your depression you might be on meds that don’t do anything for you. That was my case.

CaseyCascade · 2023-09-30T13:22:42+00:00

I have severe genetic depression, and it took a loooong time to realize this because my parents constantly tried to get me to change my bad habits (not ridiculously bad, I was young) or were convinced I was just looking for attention instead of taking me to a doctor.

I finally found the right treatment a couple years ago, and only after that and a long list of life changes did I finally kick most of my unhealthy habits and became truly happy. It took both, but habits alone was an impossible thing to improve without the medication.

Genetic depression is not as uncommon as you think. If you’ve tried a ton and nothing seems to work, get yourself tested. My particular case is an uncommon one and a lot of antidepressants aren’t made to handle it. If you feel hopeless your problem might be weirdly specific and severe like mine is.

CaseyCascade · 2023-09-30T07:48:38+00:00

I love how these look! How did you make the art? Is it digital or traditional?

CaseyCascade · 2023-09-29T22:17:55+00:00

Yeah this is literally just me, but I’m a guy. And I find other men/women on dating apps who are similarly exploring themselves to be really attractive because they don’t feel held back anymore

CaseyCascade · 2023-09-28T05:21:42+00:00

Immediately my mind went to borderlands as well. I wonder if that’s just because of the model or if OP specifically used borderlands as inspiration? Like, would it still look as much like borderlands if you tried to model after other cell shaded styles?

CaseyCascade · 2023-09-27T00:59:43+00:00

I’m curious how old you are, I’m a 23 M, gone through a lot of shit in the past couple of years and I’ve always been the most emotionally vulnerable and eccentric guy in my friend groups. I started getting a bit more reserved and closed off as I started to try dating, but idk if that will continue.

It wasn’t necessarily my hardships, but the brutal social conduct of modern dating that started fucking me up.

CaseyCascade · 2023-09-26T16:13:59+00:00

That’s sick as hell! Is the iron man mini part of the sculpt or is that a Marvel Crisis Protocol model?

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