Introduction
Oct. 16th, 2009 11:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ironrailingsThough I've said something about what I have started this journal for, I'd like to give a bit of an overview of who I am and what my story it. I'm still finding my way around exposing this level of personal detail online, even with theoretical anonymity, so this may change in the future depending on my comfort level.
I'm in my mid twenties, female, and live in New Zealand though I wasn't brought up here. I grew up in a place that was... rather homophobic, which had both a direct and indirect impact on me. I experienced sexual violence of varying degrees, mainly around the ages 11/12, which unsurprisingly resulted in what I now know to be PTSD, though it was repeatedly misdiagnosed and I was exposed to a number of damaging "treatments".
At 18 I escaped overseas (and have avoided the medical system ever since). I have been involved in activism around various left wing issues since then. I have developmental dyspraxia which mostly affects fine and gross motor skills, my ability to plan and execute a multi-stage task, my sense of direction and tolerance of noisy environments. I am in a long term relationship and pretty happy with my life.
There is a lot more to me than this, but I'm trying my best not to make my identity obvious...
I'm in my mid twenties, female, and live in New Zealand though I wasn't brought up here. I grew up in a place that was... rather homophobic, which had both a direct and indirect impact on me. I experienced sexual violence of varying degrees, mainly around the ages 11/12, which unsurprisingly resulted in what I now know to be PTSD, though it was repeatedly misdiagnosed and I was exposed to a number of damaging "treatments".
At 18 I escaped overseas (and have avoided the medical system ever since). I have been involved in activism around various left wing issues since then. I have developmental dyspraxia which mostly affects fine and gross motor skills, my ability to plan and execute a multi-stage task, my sense of direction and tolerance of noisy environments. I am in a long term relationship and pretty happy with my life.
There is a lot more to me than this, but I'm trying my best not to make my identity obvious...