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Recent content by Christa

  1. Christa

    Yeah.... in 6th grade my parents sent me to one to figure out why my grades started dropping...

    Yeah.... in 6th grade my parents sent me to one to figure out why my grades started dropping sharply (which ended in continued therapy for my father) and when I went to college, I started therapy regularly... jeez, probably been since my late teens, really. Pretty sad. But yeah... major...
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    Do you listen to podcasts?

    Welcome To Night Vale of course, and I also use the 'Sleep With Me' podcast to help me get to sleep. (That one's FANTASTIC. Basically it's someone with a droning voice telling very dull stories badly. Which sounds horrible, but it's actually produced to help people with insomnia get to sleep...
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    Hello.

    Certainly realizing other people share some of my "peculiarities" has been a stunning revelation. I've been a special ed teacher working with moderate to severe autism, so I'd recognized some of the traits in myself, but through a mix of denial and lack of exposure to more high functioning...
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    Hello.

    How terrible!!!! It certainly makes every bit of sense to be afraid of speaking now. :( I hope you can make your gifts shine regardless.
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    Hello.

    Is that a fear of all speaking, or just public speaking?
  6. Christa

    Hello.

    Hi, folks. My name's Christine. I'm currently unemployed, after having a breakdown several years back. I'm an animation student and a cartoonist. I've been in therapy for my adult life (and briefly, before.) I've been working on anxiety, agoraphobia with panic disorder. Recently as I've been...
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