After reading mourningdoveava's most recent post in his own journal, something Dani said struck me as awfully important, and that'd be the sentiment that graces the subject of this post.

2007 was, in general, a piece of shit. It might've had some high points, but goddamn. The low points just more than made up for it, didn't they ( Read more... )

I was gonna go nuts with a gigantic haterant that I'd had welling up in my soul for about a week, but about... an hour and a half ago? I had this wonderful, stunning realization that drained the hell out of my ability to generate that much bile -- for full details, check the LJ. D ( Read more... )

To all in this community:

This time of year can be both relaxing, healing, and/or stressful and traumatic for abuse survivors and those close to them.  Wherever you happen to be in your personal journey, it's my deepest wish that this holiday season and the beginning of the new year would bring to you its own measure of peace and contentment.  There ( Read more... )

I'm writing this as a sort of encyclopedic entry for anyone who doesn't understand, or perhaps misunderstands, the phenomenon of self-mutilation or self-harming.  I've come to realize that in certain circles it's gained a "gothic" or "emo" appeal, and been misclassified as something the cooler-than-thou misunderstood kids do for attention, and at ( Read more... )

Some of you are justifiably concerned about safety issues concering the sensitive issues of the topics here, so this community is now a moderated community - i.e., no random trolling folks or spambots or anything of that sort if we can help it (and if they do slip past our mighty omniscient gazes, then we will kick them out posthaste).

If you are ( Read more... )

Um, hi ( Read more... )

Hi, I'm Ava, and one the several mods of this community.  My boyfriend, Dani, is another one of the mods, and the relationship between he and I is largely what prompted me to start this community.  I'll let Dani tell his own story later in greater detail - but, in essence, for most of his childhood, he was emotionally, physically, and sexually ( Read more... )