Re: Please Introduce Yourself Here
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:16 am
Hi Audie and welcome. ![Give me a hug y>:D<](./images/smilies/yahoo/60.gif)
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Audie,Audie wrote:Kind of a late introduction, anyone inclined to already knows more about me than might usually go into an intro.
Im going to do a bit of soul baring, here now that I've seen how people are here and recognize that nobody would make me regret it.
Im not a person happy or at home in my own skin. A few years ago I stood on a balcony 17 floors above Cloud View Road, in Hong Kong, ready to step off. We dont have guns there, but everyone has a balcony. I only didnt do it because I owe it to my Mom to stay alive.
I was tired of living way down inside myself.
Early in my membership here, I showed a photo not entirely unlike me, but not of myself, to another member, said it was me. I guess if I really liked myself I'd not have, it wouldnt have occurred to me to do that. It was a famous movie actress photo, not much of a disguise.. but still. Im so embarrassed.
I've tried to be unemotional in discussions with people here, but emotional stability isnt my number one strength.
And, having been subjected to extreme abuse by a man, I've unfortunately reacted by being suspicious of, hostile towards, distrusting of men, in general. Anything that feels like someone dehumanizing, putting me down, bullying or coercing in any way tends to get an extreme reaction from me.
I feel like I've mostly kept it under control but it leaks into my posts, anyway.
Im sorry Im like that, and Im sorry for such feelings I have hurt.
I dont really mean it, and its about me, not about others.
Wow, I wasn't expecting that.Audie wrote:Kind of a late introduction, anyone inclined to already knows more about me than might usually go into an intro.
Im going to do a bit of soul baring, here now that I've seen how people are here and recognize that nobody would make me regret it.
Im not a person happy or at home in my own skin. A few years ago I stood on a balcony 17 floors above Cloud View Road, in Hong Kong, ready to step off. We dont have guns there, but everyone has a balcony. I only didnt do it because I owe it to my Mom to stay alive.
I was tired of living way down inside myself.
Early in my membership here, I showed a photo not entirely unlike me, but not of myself, to another member, said it was me. I guess if I really liked myself I'd not have, it wouldnt have occurred to me to do that. It was a famous movie actress photo, not much of a disguise.. but still. Im so embarrassed.
I've tried to be unemotional in discussions with people here, but emotional stability isnt my number one strength.
And, having been subjected to extreme abuse by a man, I've unfortunately reacted by being suspicious of, hostile towards, distrusting of men, in general. Anything that feels like someone dehumanizing, putting me down, bullying or coercing in any way tends to get an extreme reaction from me.
I feel like I've mostly kept it under control but it leaks into my posts, anyway.
Im sorry Im like that, and Im sorry for such feelings I have hurt.
I dont really mean it, and its about me, not about others.
We are all broken, I am glad you are still with us.Audie wrote:Kind of a late introduction, anyone inclined to already knows more about me than might usually go into an intro.
Im going to do a bit of soul baring, here now that I've seen how people are here and recognize that nobody would make me regret it.
Im not a person happy or at home in my own skin. A few years ago I stood on a balcony 17 floors above Cloud View Road, in Hong Kong, ready to step off. We dont have guns there, but everyone has a balcony. I only didnt do it because I owe it to my Mom to stay alive.
I was tired of living way down inside myself.
Early in my membership here, I showed a photo not entirely unlike me, but not of myself, to another member, said it was me. I guess if I really liked myself I'd not have, it wouldnt have occurred to me to do that. It was a famous movie actress photo, not much of a disguise.. but still. Im so embarrassed.
I've tried to be unemotional in discussions with people here, but emotional stability isnt my number one strength.
And, having been subjected to extreme abuse by a man, I've unfortunately reacted by being suspicious of, hostile towards, distrusting of men, in general. Anything that feels like someone dehumanizing, putting me down, bullying or coercing in any way tends to get an extreme reaction from me.
I feel like I've mostly kept it under control but it leaks into my posts, anyway.
Im sorry Im like that, and Im sorry for such feelings I have hurt.
I dont really mean it, and its about me, not about others.
Just to echo what others have said Min, you are an asset to this forum and I am extremely glad you`re with us on here.Audie wrote:Kind of a late introduction, anyone inclined to already knows more about me than might usually go into an intro.
Im going to do a bit of soul baring, here now that I've seen how people are here and recognize that nobody would make me regret it.
Im not a person happy or at home in my own skin. A few years ago I stood on a balcony 17 floors above Cloud View Road, in Hong Kong, ready to step off. We dont have guns there, but everyone has a balcony. I only didnt do it because I owe it to my Mom to stay alive.
I was tired of living way down inside myself.
Early in my membership here, I showed a photo not entirely unlike me, but not of myself, to another member, said it was me. I guess if I really liked myself I'd not have, it wouldnt have occurred to me to do that. It was a famous movie actress photo, not much of a disguise.. but still. Im so embarrassed.
I've tried to be unemotional in discussions with people here, but emotional stability isnt my number one strength.
And, having been subjected to extreme abuse by a man, I've unfortunately reacted by being suspicious of, hostile towards, distrusting of men, in general. Anything that feels like someone dehumanizing, putting me down, bullying or coercing in any way tends to get an extreme reaction from me.
I feel like I've mostly kept it under control but it leaks into my posts, anyway.
Im sorry Im like that, and Im sorry for such feelings I have hurt.
I dont really mean it, and its about me, not about others.
RickD wrote:BTW, who is Min? Isn't your name Audie?
Sure. I just thought your real name was Audie. Like my name is Rick.Audie wrote:RickD wrote:BTW, who is Min? Isn't your name Audie?
Its kinda like "Storyteller" may not be an actual first name. She does, after all, sign a pm with a different name. People are like, totally weird that way, dnot you think?
Possibly Abelcainbrother is not a given name, rather than a forum name, but one cant be too sure.
Yes. I went to school with twins named Either and Neither.Kurieuo wrote:Is "either" even a name?
Not too far off on the "real name". I adopted Audie as my "American name" when I thought that was cool. Like in high school.RickD wrote:Sure. I just thought your real name was Audie. Like my name is Rick.Audie wrote:RickD wrote:BTW, who is Min? Isn't your name Audie?
Its kinda like "Storyteller" may not be an actual first name. She does, after all, sign a pm with a different name. People are like, totally weird that way, dnot you think?
Possibly Abelcainbrother is not a given name, rather than a forum name, but one cant be too sure.
Do you prefer to be called Audie, Min, or either?