Anyone who spends two seconds with me will learn that I am a HUGE fan of Queen. Best. Band. Ever. I can attempt to explain what they mean to me as people and as musicians and how much they influence me, but there are no words that can justify. All you really need to know is that I'm flirting with the line of obsession.
CEREBRAL PALSY WRITING My Writing Page (not updated so much) MISC PICTURES MIDIs I make MIDIs. Could I be more of a geek? UNSCHOOLING In January of 2006, I declared myself a radical unschooler. Unschooling is the belief that children (and people of all ages) can learn from life, as opposed to the world being filtered into condensed school subjects. I could probably write a book on the damage that public schooling has had on me between first grade and senior year (kindergarten was fun), but I won't. All I can really say, with full confidence, is that from January 2006 to now, I've given myself an extraordinary education. Click here for more. ABUSE Here I've posted a link that goes into detail about emotional abuse. But before I allow a link to that page, I need anyone who will read it to understand that this is extremely difficult for me to broadcast on the web. However, I really need to. I know plenty of people who've gone through stuff, but only a couple really elaborate on it. My main reason for posting this is for people who meet me can understand why I'm really not like the person I guess I come off as here. DEPRESSION Note the distinction between having clinical depression (prone to severe sadness/anger, anxiety for no real reason at all), being depressed (currently suffering from the aforementioned for no real reason at all), and just being bummed out (your laundry didn't dry all the way, your favorite CD is scratched, you wasted money on what was supposed to be an awesome purchase, etc). I have depression, and I'm trying to stay active and not let it consume me like it did in mid-2007 to early 2008. That sounds emo, but really, it did. Anyway, it is especially important to stay vigilant and productive and positive since I'm not medicated, and my last attempt at anti-depressants, and witnessing some of the goings-on in a few mental hospitals, and my experiences in therapy shook my faith in the mental health system pretty badly.
So I am very, very aware that my feeling okay is diminishing and evaporating at a slight, but steady pace. That may change and fluctuate at any given time - so it sucks more so. Depression.com
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