The Kindness Bench for SimLit Writers - For All Games!
What is a kindness bench? Kindness benches are inspired by the Buddy Bench movement which is in practice in many schools. With Buddy Benches, children who need someone to play with or talk to at lu...
@sweetnightingale : Ooo, I would love to get either some polychromos or prismacolors some day! For now I've just gone for a cheaper, but large (120!) set because my current set is not giving me enough color options.
I actually did take a beginning knitting class (my supervisor at the library was holding it for Summer Reading, heh) because I've always been curious about it. I did okay when it was just "casting on" with the one needle, but the second the other needle was thrown in, I got way too tripped up and confused (Derpy Hooves is derpy -_-;; ) A lot of people have sense told me I really should try out starting with crocheting instead, so I'll have to look into that sometime. (And a lot of our audiobook patrons at work are knitters and quilters! I personally have a hard time listening to audiobooks, unless they are non-fiction... I am very particular about "hearing" my own voices for the characters in my head and imagining everything like a movie playing out in my head as the words come across the page into my head. I've been that way my whole life... was always told I had an "over-active imagination" that would ago away one day... luckily they were all wrong. ^_~ But I have found I like listening to podcasts or Let's Plays in the background, hahaha!)
I know firsthand what mental abuse is like... and the hard part is often the people who do this aren't even aware of it, and if you even try to bring it up/confront it, they would never "see" that it is happening, because their own perception/mentality is so skewed from the reality of what is going on. My mother is severely mentally ill, and primed me to be her protogee from a young age because it made her feel "less alone," and I didn't even realize it until waaaaaay later in my life... notably after my father was crumbling from trying to manage her condition, couldn't anymore, got a divorce, and took custody of me and my sister. It was a very different experience no longer "being around it" and then I suddenly had a clarity as to what had been going on for so many years. I can really emphathize and sympathize with your situation and your courage to share. Trust me, I too, wasn't aware of what was going on for years! It is very common. I hope sincerely you can manage to grow from it and find the healing you need, but like any other wound, mental ones will also leave some scars behind. *big hugs*
