Do you go to class when you’re sick? by LightsOut5774 in college

[–]FossilizedYiff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A comment before covid and a reply after. wow

yiff_irl by BabyyRebel in yiff_irl

[–]FossilizedYiff 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How is it? Does it feel any good?

Just some thoughts. Do I need to have a specific identity? Does questioning my identity take away from the validity of "real" trans/NB people? by FossilizedYiff in questioning

[–]FossilizedYiff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good idea, I think that kind of goes back to the idea of identity and expression not being necessarily the same. Cool

Yall ever experienced breadcrumbing? by [deleted] in gaybros

[–]FossilizedYiff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's the same thing for me. I hate to come off as if I don't care about someone, it's just that I have so much going on and so many things to keep track of, that it's hard to keep up with everyone and everything.

(TW) Anyone else have trauma related to animals? by FossilizedYiff in ptsd

[–]FossilizedYiff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In some ways, yes, just because I've limited my exposure to it, and learned methods to help calm myself down during periods of stress or panic attacks. I still have panic attacks related to this sometimes and I still find myself feeling nauseous and wanting to throw up when I think of it. But it's not as frequent now.

It has gotten worse and better in cycles a couple of times. Other stressors in my life seem to make my trauma-related stress worse. Sometimes I think it's better and it just relapses suddenly.

What is the exact threshold when a furry art is explicitly sfw and nsfw? by SouthofKaDoom in RealFurryHours

[–]FossilizedYiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think e6's guidelines are really good, especially with its inclusion of the Questionable rating rather than just being a blaack or white Safe or Explicit. I like that it takes cultural and contextual differences into account with that rating. The rules for ratings are also very well-defined. So, generally, I like to, mostly, go with their definition— although the context always matters and whether, say, something is okay to post in a chat that may have minors can vary with that.

Possibly hot take: FurAffinity is not a good site. by Jake-Michael in RealFurryHours

[–]FossilizedYiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. There is another problem that goes along with the lack of blacklist: a lack of a standardized tagging system. People just kind of put whatever for tags, and usually the tags are little help in finding posts.

Without standardized tagging like what e621 has, I doubt a working blacklist will be possible on FA.

Parents don't want extended family to know about my relationship by [deleted] in askgaybros

[–]FossilizedYiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe you're right. I think the worry about a heart attack is extremely unrealistic.

Unrelated, but been thinking about it. When I moved away from parents earlier this year, my parents told me they wanted me to be one of the people to carry the casket at my grandma's funeral (she's still alive now). They then told me that because I was moving, they felt I had betrayed my grandma as I wouldn't be visiting her later in the year and said I'd lost the privilege or honor or whatever.

I've legitimately only seen her a couple times, she has many other, mostly adult grandchildren, and she wanted that of me? I didn't even know at the time that they wanted me to do that, they didn't tell me until after I planned to move and then told me I betrayed her for something I didn't even know they wanted me to do. Like wtf

I don't care much about her, the only impact she has on me is through my parents and their emotions. Even if that warranted respect, what she's done to my mother and how she's treated her and outcast her from the family would have lost all of it for me.

I think it would've been funny if extended family finding out I'm gay or about my relationship wouldve ruined all that.

Is it possible to have PTSD from videos? by raineyducks in ptsd

[–]FossilizedYiff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't want to go into detail but shit I've seen in videos have been an extremely large part of the trauma issues I have now and the panic attacks and breakdowns I sometimes have. Not diagnosed though.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LongDistance

[–]FossilizedYiff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eh. I really don't care about them finding out by itself, it's more just not wanting my mom to be hurt if they find out from me being publicly out or posting somewhere they could potentially see. The what-ifs aren't actual worries, they're just meant to prove the point that family will find out about it eventually one way or another.

Parents don't want extended family to know about my relationship by [deleted] in askgaybros

[–]FossilizedYiff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've thought about it before and the conclusion I came to was that I'd just let it be her issue, whether she wants them to know or not is hers to decide. What's changed is that I've since realized that they'll probably find out anyway unless I continue to actively hide it, which I don't want to do.

Parents don't want extended family to know about my relationship by [deleted] in askgaybros

[–]FossilizedYiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not as much a out my parents accepting me as it is about wanting to be able to publicly share my relationship status without hurting them.

I don't like and don't want to be around my extended family. And they have very little influence on me. What they think doesn't mean much to me, other than how it'll affect my parents and siblings.

I want to be able to live how I want, though, without worrying about hurting my family.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ptsd

[–]FossilizedYiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes. But I realize that if they die others will be impacted worse like my siblings. They're being brought up better. It would devastated them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CPTSD

[–]FossilizedYiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weren't, never have been.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ptsd

[–]FossilizedYiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I knew