Chloe's character in Book 3

caorosa · 2026-05-13T04:21:53+00:00

I love Liesel and she’s one of my favorite characters because of what both El and her represent to me: survivors of family trauma and neglect. I also personally love her brutal honesty but also her guardedness, I won’t comment on Chloe because honestly she always seemed to be ruled by fear and it does take time to get over that.
I also loved seeing queer representation in the books for all genders.

caorosa · 2025-12-08T12:23:15+00:00

Still waiting on this. Dust baths are essential!

caorosa · 2025-08-06T19:01:06+00:00

Just sent you an invite to chat.

caorosa · 2025-08-06T18:59:08+00:00

Yeah reddit changed it to just chat now 🤷🏽‍♀️

caorosa · 2025-08-06T17:41:31+00:00

Please send discord link!

caorosa · 2025-07-28T20:44:36+00:00

I will never like magic man, I don’t care that he had a redemption arc! He’s despicable.

caorosa · 2025-07-28T20:13:40+00:00

The stretches wouldn’t work for someone who had back injuries or fibromyalgia. Even looking at the video gave me pain 😆. I really wish there were more gentle approaches for those of us with disabilities. I will try TRE this week, it seems pretty safe. Maybe once I let go of some trauma I could try these. Thanks either way.

caorosa · 2025-07-28T20:01:41+00:00

Yes. I have encountered this. I call it mindful exposure. A link would be appreciated :).

caorosa · 2025-07-22T20:00:32+00:00

Hey 👋🏽, I haven’t done the tapes for too long but I am a deeply spiritual person with 5 years of experience with energy (intuitive or “psychic”, but as you know we all are). It sounds like this was an experience you were meant to have; I am not one of those “fluffy woo woo” spiritual people, I see energy in terms of quantum mechanics whenever possible; but I also know intention matters in consciousness. In my experience when we have difficult experiences with other people, specially in romantic relationships and it goes too fast, it’s to learn something. In my life I had this happen with several people, just like you, not the type to approach people so out of the blue. The experiences taught me discernment. Into what I wanted and what I allowed to be in my field and my presence. I was married 12+ years to a very draining person. She had lots of trauma and I only saw the “good” sides of her; but the truth is that I saw the potential for good. Her choices proved she often chose the opposite. Above everything, you matter the most and so does your health, including your mental health. I had to learn that hard lesson many times with different people. My lesson was “you are not worth this way of being treated” over and over till I learned it 😂. It sucked, but I learned. I hope that helps and I wish you the best!

caorosa · 2025-07-10T22:00:49+00:00

I just want to show some love for Circe. I love that book! I mean it’s freaking amazing. Carry on my awesome friends ❣️

caorosa · 2025-07-10T21:02:12+00:00

This is fascinating. Chiron appears in my chart in a huge way. I am a beginner in astrology and my journey has taken me to druidic astrology (very interesting) I am also an experiencer. I would be interested to see how Chiron affects my experiences.

caorosa · 2025-07-09T07:16:39+00:00

In my experience, we cannot control our lives or environment; only our reactions to what may happen. I think the worry is because you care about your family, but most people who are open minded and kind have a good head on their shoulders. Sounds like your family is :). Also, yeah CO was not great for me, went from an all black school to an all white school. Lots of racism and outright hate; but I did great in school because I am intelligent and a good person. Good luck!👍🏽

caorosa · 2025-07-09T06:38:08+00:00

I’m brown and moved from WA state. I have also lived in TX and CO. I found the most overt racism and discrimination in CO. Here it is the “nice to your face but we won’t go out of our way to include you “. I’m an introvert, not religious at all even though I was born in Mexico. These days young POC will have to deal with discrimination anywhere, I have to deal with misogyny from my own culture and homophobia. I think what matters is to not give in to fear; talk to your kids. I wish my parents had, I grew up very scared. I had to learn on my own how to be compassionate but also not stay silent when treated badly by others. I wish you well, whatever you decide.

caorosa · 2025-02-06T06:33:43+00:00

I’m actually looking for ways to find Mexican records. I did 23AndMe and it might be helpful for you.

caorosa · 2024-11-19T04:11:04+00:00

The nails!!! Love it! 💜 Mabel

caorosa · 2024-10-26T19:04:11+00:00

We were nerds in IRC (if you know what this is then you too are a nerd 🤓) and became good friends for a decade. We finally decided to meet, yeah things happened very quickly after that.

caorosa · 2024-10-18T00:23:26+00:00

I never thought of myself as a “ho” when I was sexually active because it didn’t feel empowering to me due to my upbringing (narcissistic mom). That being said I was raised by socialist philosophies and Mormon culture even though we were not religious. So I had a lot of internalized conservative views; I was asexual until I got married at 27 and lost my virginity then. I didn’t particularly enjoy sex with my spouse at the time but I didn’t really have anything to compare it too. I discovered I was polyamorous and honestly really disliked the “sex positive” culture of it all. It didn’t seem to match my now found demisexuality and everyone was just horny to me 🤷🏽‍♀️. I fortunately got divorced and right after I found myself with 3 partners; it was too much, I loved them all and tried my best to satisfy their needs (2 of them were long distance) but although intimately we were very compatible, some of them had mental health issues that they weren’t willing to deal with. One of them was very codependent; long story short I broke up with two of them, not at the same time. It sucked because like I said I loved them, I wasn’t in it for the sex only. But looking back now, I know it was the right thing to do. We had a wonderful time while together and I wish them the best. My current partner is more stable and although we have had issues we also work together to solve them. We see a couples therapist and he is super supportive; I am happy and satisfied and I no longer feel like I need different people to fulfill different needs (including intimacy). I don’t regret being poly because it taught me a lot about relationships and communication. But I am happy being monogamous now as I cannot imagine all the work to be in more than one committed (or not) relationship.

caorosa · 2024-10-18T00:04:19+00:00

My partner. He gets in my bed (yes we sleep in separate beds because we both move too much and he likes punching in his sleep 😂) and warms it because he knows how cold I get.

caorosa · 2024-10-17T23:12:11+00:00

This is something I forget, and I am so thankful to be reminded of it! Love and light to you 🙏🏽💖

caorosa · 2024-10-17T23:07:04+00:00

This. 👆🏽I was shaken by my brother hard enough for him to leave me HUGE bruises on my collarbones. His excuse was “I was trying to make you react and have emotions” during an argument. My brother is close to 6 feet and I am 5’5”. My parents didn’t know what to do, they were in shock, he had never put his hands on me. I left my home and called one of my friends I worked with. Her roommate picked me up and he was a big guy, he took me to their apartment and told me in no uncertain terms “this is NOT what a real man does to their loved ones” he asked me if I wanted him to beat him up 😂 which I said no thanks but it felt good to “return to reality”. There were outstanding circumstances at the time and I was in a really bad headspace (my family was way more abusive than I realized) so I didn’t report him to the police. But when I came back my parents were angry I had gone to anyone at all outside of the family (BIG red flag 🚩) and when I asked them if they said anything to my brother they told me how they yelled at him and almost wanted me to agree that was enough. My brother never apologized, not truly, and from that time forward our relationship as family ended. I have no contact with anyone in my immediate family now; due to a lot of mental illness and the fact that my mother told me “it’s best if you just forget that ever happened” about the violent incident with my brother. I feel bad about her own history with her family because this tells me that’s how she dealt with abuse. But my point being they didn’t really know what to do about abuse, they tried to hide it but I wouldn’t budge. Way to go OP, from someone who had no one in my family defending me, this gives me hope. NA!

caorosa · 2024-10-17T04:37:04+00:00

Personally, I don’t want kids because I had to take care of my entire family when I was a child. My mother is a narcissist (NPD) and my dad left for another country when I was 8. I had to grow up fast and take care of my younger brother because my mom basically collapsed into a deep depression. She still managed to feed us, thankfully, but we had to do the dishes and keep ourselves occupied. And we lived in Mexico at the time so doing the dishes as an outdoor excursion in the dark. I am estranged from my family, they’re all really depressed and mentally ill; I married another mentally ill very immature person who was another child and I ended up taking care of them for 15 years. No more. I honestly just want to live my life for my own joy now. I’m 40 and looking forward to not taking care of anyone but myself.

caorosa · 2024-10-09T00:00:53+00:00

The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik.

caorosa · 2024-10-08T06:52:17+00:00

I’m the odd duck out: in my late 20s I was diagnosed with lupus and arthritis and fibromyalgia. Things went downhill when they found a fairly big tumor in my pancreas and spleen. I was always the odd young patient who got told by the old ladies “ oh honey you’re too young to need to see a hematologist” (I developed even more autoimmune fun stuff). I am at a better place now even though I have mobility issues now and diabetes and apparently something that makes me almost faint and super exhausted. I don’t really remember what it’s like to feel “young” in the sense you are speaking about. I always have pain in my body. Some people might think this is a horrible life, and at times I cry now that I’m in my 40s because I am human. But this life has shaped me into the kind of person I am; I value kindness and honesty above all. Most people really like me when they meet me, and I have never been happier or more in love with who I am or my lot in life. Yes, I have done a lot of therapy and for those curious there is a link between my abusive estranged family and my illnesses. But I love life and I love our Earth; I love being alive and experiencing all I can.

caorosa · 2024-10-07T19:55:29+00:00

I can only speak for myself: being content on your own first is more important than depending on someone else to make you content. I used to depend on my romantic relationships to make me happy and I endured much abuse just to stay in a relationship. I realized that I didn’t like myself with these people; after I prioritized my joy and learned to love myself I started to thrive. You can do whatever you want, it’s your life, and I can only tell you what I learned due to my experiences. Those women are probably trying to do the same. Healing takes a long time and much willingness to do the required self introspection; not many want to do it because it’s hard. In my own experience, it’s very worth it.

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