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Recent content by janetanfei

  1. janetanfei

    Hey, I'm Jane

    Close! Look again - it's not the actual meaning of Theophania, it's the English version of the name. Hint: This was a popular name for girls in the '80s.
  2. janetanfei

    Hey, I'm Jane

    I just type in a happy face or whatever and it shows the emoji after I submit the post. I do see an emoji button above the reply field - it's a happy face next to the image button. I clicked it and an emoji bar popped up at the bottom of the text field! :leafwind::herb::tulip:
  3. janetanfei

    Hey, I'm Jane

    I'll make you work for it, then. :D It's the anglicized version of Theophania.
  4. janetanfei

    Catastrophising; it's all going to go wrong and everything will be ruined.

    This is a constant problem for me. The thing is, though, I'm right probably 3/4 of the time - the catastrophic events actually happen. I am pretty much a walking advertisement for Murphy's Law, because everything that can go wrong does happen, and a few more unrelated but ridiculously awful...
  5. janetanfei

    Hey, I'm Jane

    Much obliged, Nitro. Thank you for keeping this place running for us all!
  6. janetanfei

    Hey, I'm Jane

    Thank you, I'm happy to have found this forum!
  7. janetanfei

    Hey, I'm Jane

    Thanks, Optimus. Haha, I also have identified myself as an Autobot for quite some time. ;)
  8. janetanfei

    Hey, I'm Jane

    Thank you, tree!
  9. janetanfei

    Hey, I'm Jane

    Haha, thanks! I love playing banjo, though I've only played a few years. Yeah, I agree, I think deprogramming will be a lifelong struggle, but I'm in it for the long haul. No more living a lie.
  10. janetanfei

    Hey, I'm Jane

    Thank you, Warmheart. It's nice to find a place where people are thinking & pondering the same things as me. :)
  11. janetanfei

    Hey, I'm Jane

    Thanks, NeoPhile! I like it here so far!
  12. janetanfei

    Hey, I'm Jane

    It's Mandarin! I studied Mandarin at university, and was given the name Pan Tan Fei. Pan is my actual ancestral name (from a great-great grandmother), and Tan Fei was the closest the instructor could get to my legal first name. Jane is my middle name, and I like Tan Fei better than my actual...
  13. janetanfei

    Hey, I'm Jane

    I essentially am talking about getting rid of all of the default internal and external responses I have to other people, negative thoughts I have toward myself based on past unpleasant interactions with people, and believing that I am innately flawed and worthless. TL;DR - My life was awful...
  14. janetanfei

    Hey, I'm Jane

    Don't mind if I do, pax! :coffee::doughnut:
  15. janetanfei

    Hey, I'm Jane

    Thank you! Great name. ;)
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