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Animalloverb
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Heyy, I thought I would make a little chat of things about me just to help others on here feel more comfortable and less alone with things.
I know many of you know me as Bea, that is a nickname many people call me it makes me feel secure.
So here is some information about me.
I have many different diagnoses, these are; Autism, Epilepsy, Vision impairment, Hearing impairment, Asthma, PTSD, and Selective Mutism disorder.
My vision impairments cause my vision to be limited, I can only see a certain distance, this is because my eye condition causes my eyes to bounce which makes things to become severely blurred so I am unable to see anything clearly.
My hearing impairment causes me to be hard of hearing, I am completely deaf in my left ear and I am going to be having surgery to hopefully make things a little better, and as for my right ear I am very hard of hearing I am able to hear certain sounds depending on what they are and how loud they are.
So that is everything about my conditions.
Here are some fun things about me.
I have a love for photography, despite being visually impaired I find a way to take pictures of different things and based on what people have said they are pretty good pictures.
I have a passion for art I love to draw and paint. As well as this I also like to write it helps get things out of my head and helps me to get voices out there in the world.
I am obsessed with starwars and animals. Animals help me to feel safe and calm I have multiple pets, these are- 1 guinea pig, 2 hamsters, 2 gerbils and a rabbit.
I also work at a wildlife sanctuary 1 day a week.
For my ongoing future I am hoping to help people as my choice of career, I want to spread awareness in order to help society understand more about mental health aswell as the affects of abuse. And I would also maybe like to do some animal photography along side this.
These last parts I am going to talk about can be triggering so if you don't want to be triggered then please stop reading. There will be mentions of suicide, deaths, abuse and other mental health related problems.
So firstly, when I was the age of 9 I was abused by a family member, and it finally stopped just before my 13th birthday when I told someone. This all caused me to struggle extremely and I attempted to end my life about 6 times. I have also got PTSD from the abuse and can have flashbacks and memories, I have learned what kind of things trigger these to come up which has been helpful.
I lost someone a knew due to suicide a few years ago, I did everything in my power to help them but was unfortunately not able to save them and I did blame myself for a long time and it took me a while to realise that I do not need to blame myself as I did everything I could.
I was kicked out of all education but I still managed to progress and achieve things people never believed I would achieve.
Despite everything that goes on with my life I always try to move forward and stay strong even when it becomes really hard. There are times I fall backwards but that is all part of the process.
Thank you for reading.
I know many of you know me as Bea, that is a nickname many people call me it makes me feel secure.
So here is some information about me.
I have many different diagnoses, these are; Autism, Epilepsy, Vision impairment, Hearing impairment, Asthma, PTSD, and Selective Mutism disorder.
My vision impairments cause my vision to be limited, I can only see a certain distance, this is because my eye condition causes my eyes to bounce which makes things to become severely blurred so I am unable to see anything clearly.
My hearing impairment causes me to be hard of hearing, I am completely deaf in my left ear and I am going to be having surgery to hopefully make things a little better, and as for my right ear I am very hard of hearing I am able to hear certain sounds depending on what they are and how loud they are.
So that is everything about my conditions.
Here are some fun things about me.
I have a love for photography, despite being visually impaired I find a way to take pictures of different things and based on what people have said they are pretty good pictures.
I have a passion for art I love to draw and paint. As well as this I also like to write it helps get things out of my head and helps me to get voices out there in the world.
I am obsessed with starwars and animals. Animals help me to feel safe and calm I have multiple pets, these are- 1 guinea pig, 2 hamsters, 2 gerbils and a rabbit.
I also work at a wildlife sanctuary 1 day a week.
For my ongoing future I am hoping to help people as my choice of career, I want to spread awareness in order to help society understand more about mental health aswell as the affects of abuse. And I would also maybe like to do some animal photography along side this.
These last parts I am going to talk about can be triggering so if you don't want to be triggered then please stop reading. There will be mentions of suicide, deaths, abuse and other mental health related problems.
So firstly, when I was the age of 9 I was abused by a family member, and it finally stopped just before my 13th birthday when I told someone. This all caused me to struggle extremely and I attempted to end my life about 6 times. I have also got PTSD from the abuse and can have flashbacks and memories, I have learned what kind of things trigger these to come up which has been helpful.
I lost someone a knew due to suicide a few years ago, I did everything in my power to help them but was unfortunately not able to save them and I did blame myself for a long time and it took me a while to realise that I do not need to blame myself as I did everything I could.
I was kicked out of all education but I still managed to progress and achieve things people never believed I would achieve.
Despite everything that goes on with my life I always try to move forward and stay strong even when it becomes really hard. There are times I fall backwards but that is all part of the process.
Thank you for reading.
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hope you're doing well and sending hugs
Sinead