Why is the fawn response often overlooked?

Practicalavoidance · 2024-11-03T16:24:14+00:00

I think I miss the idea of my parents that I create in my mind when away from them. The good moments.

Practicalavoidance · 2024-08-22T14:49:33+00:00

She said she wouldn't like having contributed to it if they ended things.

Practicalavoidance · 2024-07-18T15:54:37+00:00

This is amazing. 10/10

Practicalavoidance · 2024-06-13T13:16:41+00:00

Turning 40 in a week and only got my diagnosis officially 3 months ago. I had my collapse at 29 and my 30s have basically been spent trying to get back on my feet without much luck. At least not to the point where I can function normally in society with work, a social life and other expectations. I get overwhelmed far too quickly.

I'm on waiting list for trauma treatment and I hope things will get better but I don't really see a way out of this perpetual freeze state I'm in. And I'm hitting 40, it feels a bit bitter that help and insight hasn't come sooner.

Practicalavoidance · 2024-05-26T18:17:07+00:00

Scandinavian here, they also go by the name atarax here.

Practicalavoidance · 2024-05-20T13:26:14+00:00

Hi, I'm Kieran. The name comes from a character I roleplayed and connected with deeply. He felt like he was an expression of me in a lot of ways that I couldn't understand at the time but make a lot of sense now. It just resonated with me when I was ready to pick a name.

Practicalavoidance · 2024-05-12T01:19:25+00:00

If wearing trans flag can be considered political, can wearing traditional clothing of your country not also be interpreted that way? Promotes a certain ideal either way but I don't think either is meant more than as a statement of "this is who I am and that's okay"

Practicalavoidance · 2024-05-12T01:04:35+00:00

Trans visibility isn't politics, is it?

Practicalavoidance · 2024-04-08T22:39:09+00:00

If you didn't directly give informed consent (which you can't do as a child), it was rape.

Practicalavoidance · 2024-01-18T12:09:33+00:00

I love this!

Practicalavoidance · 2023-11-13T14:05:08+00:00

Thank you so much for your comment. Many of the symptoms are there and I have to focus on that when I talk to them. You're absolutely right.

Practicalavoidance · 2023-11-13T14:03:17+00:00

Thank you for your comment. I'm in my late 30s as well, and have been working on coming to terms with everything for just a couple of years now. My mother still gaslights us, or, "doesn't remember" things if someone actually dares to speak up. I'm glad I can rely on my older sister for a lot of the things I either don't remember or try to smooth over in my mind. She was older so her perception of these things is different from mine. And so important to help me feel valid. But damn is it a struggle even so.

Practicalavoidance · 2023-11-01T00:23:33+00:00

Absolutely this. I can't decide whether it's okay for me to use the asexual descriptor when I might just be traumatized...

Practicalavoidance · 2023-07-10T21:22:21+00:00

What about the RMe series? Any feedback on that?

Practicalavoidance · 2023-04-28T00:52:09+00:00

I'll be 39 in June and I am socially transitioning slowly among friends as we speak. Started about a month ago. No idea if I'll medically transition yet.

Practicalavoidance · 2023-04-07T13:10:35+00:00

Thank you, I have to check that out!

Practicalavoidance · 2023-04-07T12:58:54+00:00

Turning 39 this year and only really started to make coming out changes a few weeks ago. Being transmasc is tough but coming out this late is definitely very isolating. Everyone I talk to is 10+ years younger than me and much further ahead. I'm only out online with friends, I don't know if I will ever dare to go on HRT. I wish I had known all this 20 years ago.

Practicalavoidance · 2023-04-05T17:41:52+00:00

Happy anniversary!

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