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Fading Echoes

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  • Ooof can anybody please help me with finding the actual label for my sexuality?
    After thinking about it a lot I think that I’m only attracted to females currently, but it’s more than that.
    It’s also like… The idea of kissing? Kinda gross. The idea of getting married? Maybe. Moving in with somebody and just living together? Yep yep I’m in. Anything sexual? Eww no.
    So I think I might be an ace lesbian, but I can’t figure out if I’m aromantic… Since I do want to have a relationship with someone but idk.
    I also no for sure I don’t want children (nor to adopt ones) but guess I still have to babysit and all of that even tho I just don’t like little kids, since it’s a “practice for the future”. I don’t want kids and I don’t think they are that cute and I don’t think babysitting is that fun.

  • Time for an update!❤️✨
    I’ve been taking my new medication for a few weeks now, and yesterday we went back to the psychiatrist to do a check up on how I’m doing. The results are actually pretty noticeable, and I feel happier and less anxious about little things. My parents also say that I seem more social and more like my old self. The medication seems to be working fairly well and I feel pretty good. The psychiatrist even said that if I keep improving like this, I might not need to do therapy.

    I just wanted to share this good news with you guys ❤️
    Have a wonderful day!

  • I’m kinda in a situation.
    So I’m gay, but I’m just not attracted to guys? Like, it’s not that I only like girls, it’s that I’m just not attracted to males/masculinity. So, in theory, I could be attracted to an agender or a more feminine/androgynous non-binary. That kinda makes me bi, but I just don’t feel comfortable with that label.
    Help.
    Also, I’m not just non-binary anymore. I also identify as gender fluid. I switch between mostly male and mostly female. Today I’m masculine.

    • You could be polysexual, which is attracted to some genders but not all. Or attracted only to femininity, I forgot the name for that 😛 Or you could choose to not use labels at all. 🙂 Whatever you identify as, you’re valid <3

  • at the time of writing this i’m incredibly shaken up so if this seems overdramatic or over the top then that will explain why

    but i incorrectly swallowed a pill and i might have been choking on it for a while. my throat’s really sore right now and the pill didn’t come up, so i don’t know if it went down my esophagus (food pipe) or into the area where my lungs are but it really hurts right now. my dad had to perform the heimlich maneuver on me, and it didn’t work. i hate the feeling so much and it feels like i might choke to death. i don’t even know if i even will live from this, it’s extremely painful and the fact that nothing else worked is scaring me. i’m really hoping that it was just a false alarm but i still feel a lot of pain in my throat and jaw, and i really don’t think i’ll be able to stomach eating anything tomorrow, assuming i even make it until then or manage fall asleep and wake up. i don’t want to die. it really feels like i might. i think i might have to go to the emergency room as well

    again i’m sorry if this seemed like too much but this just happened so as you can imagine i am terrified at the time of writing this

    • Hey, I had the same thing happen to me yesterday, and it went away with a few big gulps of water. It wouldn’t come out no matter how hard I coughed, and my mom thought it was my being sick that made me cough that much. Low and behold, I took a big drink of water and it felt much better. If that doesn’t work, you might want to call a doctor, but if it does, great!

    • I hope you’re okay, Ivyne. <3 But you should go to the ER as soon as possible, even if it doesn't seem like a huge deal, it can be. Get it checked out so you can relax. <3

    • I’m so sorry. ❤️ Here’s all the hugs!
      *Takes deep breath.*
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      HUG. And I hope you feel better soon. 💜

  • I just did my flexibility on the Fitnessgram test. I did so bad it’s embarrassing. I did worse than I did in the beginning of the year, and it’s also the worst score I’ve ever gotten on it in all my years of suffering through the Fitnessgram.

    • Sorry to hear that 🙁
      But you’re still good at many other things and you’re still amazing. No one can be good at everything.

    • I’m sorry, but don’t be sad. First of all, the fitness gram tests suck and it just depends on the way they wind blows that day. For example, I was sick one day and for the 20 m pacer, I quit at 32. The pacer I took one week ago, I got a 52. *hugs*

    • aww i’m sorry! you should do flexibility exersizes to improve 🙂 *huggles* the fitnessgram flexibility test isn’t the only or most credible flexibility test and it doesn’t determine your worth!

  • I’m kinda sad right now. Hugs? Please? Also, for everyone who doesn’t have any replies on their post, just know that I read them all and I wish you the best in whatever you’re going through right now.

  • ❤️ “The hardest thing is letting go of the ones who hurt you. Because you want them to change, and that hurts…But I think you got to realize if you really have hope for them or you’re just wishing for them to change.” – Unknown

    For anyone who is having problems with the ones that are hurting you💚

  • If anyone needs cheering up keep reading the comment. It’s funny moments from the books

    Graypaw: Look at me! I stalk like a one legged badger. I think I’ll just sit on a mouse until they surrender

    Darkstripe: We can’t take in Yellowfang! We have too many mouths to feed already!
    Graypaw: Yeah, and some are bigger that others.
    This is funny because Graypaw spoke.

    Graypaw: I’d go and see Yellowfang if I were you. She doesn’t look very happy.
    Firepaw: Well, here goes. Wish me luck!
    Graypaw: You’ll need the whole of Star Clan on your side for this one. Call out if you need a hand. If she looks like she’s going to have you, I’ll sneak up beside her and whack her on the head with a stiff rabbit.

    Graystripe: I hope [Whitestorm] has [Sandpaw and Dustpaw] chasing blue squirrels all day.
    Fireheart: But there aren’t any blue squirrels.
    Graystripe: Exactly.

    Silverstream: You idiot! What are you doing in my territory?
    Graystripe: Drowning?
    Silverstream: Can’t you drown yourself in your own territory?
    Graystripe: Ah, but who would rescue me there?

    Berrypaw worrying about his warrior name being Berrystumpytail. This in turn makes Jaypaw worried that he’ll be named after his blindness, and Hollypaw jokes that his name could be Jayno-eyes.

    Jayfeather: Mousefur, for the last time-
    Mousefur: The last time? Good. Go away.

    Blackstar: “Welcome to my clan. Rest here and take your pick of the fresh-kill pile.”
    Lionblaze: “Who are you and what have you done with Blackstar?”

    In Fading Echoes, when Squirrelflight finds out a ShadowClan warrior died after becoming unable to move, she thinks it was because he couldn’t get the fresh-kill pile and starved.

    Yellowfang: Tell me, what don’t I know?
    Jayfeather: Where do I start?

    Birchfall: Didn’t you see the bramble thicket in front of you?
    Ivypool: Oh, sure. I just walked into it for fun.

    After Dovewing learns that Jayfeather has returned from Moonpool, she is worried about him and asks Bumblestripe whether Jayfeather was fine. Bumblestripe replies with this:
    Bumblestripe: “He snapped at Hazeltail for getting in the way, hissed at Cherrypaw for trampling on Ferncloud’s moss, and ordered Foxleap and Toadstep to fetch comfrey. So I guess he’s fine.”

    Rock: According to tradition, [kits] are named for the first thing their mother sees when they are born, although to my mind that would lead to a lot of kits being called Roof of Cave or Wall of Cave or Floor of Cave.

    On Hawkfrost’s page, he comments that “Tigerstar must have jumped for joy when he saw that one of his sons shared his hunger [for power]”. The mental image of big, scary, ferocious Tigerstar jumping up and down in joy is hilarious.

    Ravenpaw’s Path
    In Shattered Peace, the scene when Ravenpaw gets his tongue stuck to ice. The following exchange is priceless.
    Barley: “You were gone for a while. Everything okay?”
    Ravenpaw: “Yeth. Everything’th fine.”
    Barley: “Are you talking funny?”
    Ravenpaw: “No.”
    Barley: “Are you sure? Cause it sounds like you’re talking a little-”
    Ravenpaw: “No. Eat your mousth.”

    One funny scene takes place at the Gathering.
    Leafstar: “Does anyone have any suggestions?”
    Lichenfur: “How about you get us fresh bedding once in a while?”

    During a Gathering, Willowpaw complains to Crookedjaw about how her sister Graypaw is such a showoff because she’s boastfully demonstrating her fishing moves to the other attending apprentices. Mischievously, Crookedjaw suggests that Willowpaw go over and demonstrate how loud Graypaw snores. Willowpaw laughs and says she isn’t sure if the Clans are quite ready for that.

    Hehehe most of these made me laugh really hard. Hopefully they did the same thing for you!

  • I need some hugs right now. Here’s why. So, I used to live in California. And there was this thing for homeschoolers called charter school. Charter school is like regular school but for homeschoolers, and only once a week for three hours. In my class, there was someone I’ll call Oceanpaw. It didn’t take me long to get a crush on Oceanpaw, and I talked to her whenever I could. Oceanpaw and I sorta knew each other. She and I weren’t friends, per se, more like causal pals that might sit with the other’s friend group at lunch . I thought about telling Oceanpaw I had feelings for her, but I never did. But soon, it was too late: it was the last day of school, and I wouldn’t be coming back next year. Then my family moved. I really, REALLY regret not telling Oceanpaw I loved her. Now I never can. If I had known then I only had so much time, perhaps I would be in a long- distance relationship with Oceanpaw right now. And the thing is? I still love her. I can’t ever be with her, but I still love her. So right now I’m full of regret. Because I ruined my only chance to be with Oceanpaw.

  • okay thisll prob just get buried but first of all please check out my comment on the last page (or page 381 if this gets pushed to the next page) if youre thinking of replying and let me know in your reply if you have any advice for that too
    anyway as ive said lately ive been feeling super stressed and overwhelmed by modern internet/gen z kid stuff and am trying to distance myself from it. i dont keep up with memes/other fads anymore and dont use my phone as much (i used to carry it around everywhere but now i just leave it in my room). however it’s not working as well as i hoped bc of multiple reasons but one of the biggest is my mom. im worried shes gonna notice im not using my phone as much, and i dont think theres a way for me to explain this to her without her thinking something bad happened to me without me telling her, and i do NOT need her worrying about me on top of everything else im going through
    another thing… my friends. if you didnt read my other recent posts on this page, recently i was trying to explain this mental state im going through to a friend of mine, and i think thats pretty much taken care of. but now im sorta worried about my other friends who i dont keep in touch with as much (once again im homeschooled and none of my friends live in my school district anyway). actually pretty much just one of them; the others are fine as far as this thing goes i think. but her, the last time i saw her at least (which was admittedly months ago), she seemed like that sort of “apathetic teenager” type, and mostly just looked at her phone and mumbled to herself, barely acknowledging i was there most of the time. only time ive heard from her since then is when she sent me a random unfunny meme a couple months after that (prob just bc her mom told her “you never talk to [my real name] anymore you should send her a text!!!”). and honestly i wish i could just not think about her as she doesn’t seem to be thinking about me, but what’s preventing me from doing that is once again, my mom. shes really close friends with this girl’s mom and just the other day she was like “we should see them again!!” (when we saw them last i did tell my mom about how distant she seemed, i dont remember exactly what she said but i think it was something about how i should make more of an effort to “break the ice”) and ofc i had to be like “yeah we should!!” but i think my face looked kinda worried
    my mom has also befriended most of my other friends’ moms and often asks me stuff like “have you heard from so-and-so lately??” and sometimes tries to get me to talk more with friends i dont talk to as much and ugh i do NOT like her being so involved in my friendships; but thats another thing that if i try to explain to her, she’ll think something bad has happened to me and im not telling her about it. the fact that i’ll be going to college in only like 3 years is scary but im also looking forward to it bc i’ll probably be free from that
    im sorry all my comments on this page are so RIDICULOUSLY long i feel like i always ward people off by either talking too little or too much but i digress. ive just spent almost all year so far feeling really depressed and like my brain is clogged with too much useless stuff and im constantly worried about how to deal with said useless stuff as well as problems with my friends and… yeah

    • Well, at any point that you can have human contact, I would take it. But if whatever friend you’re with keeps looking at her phone and ignoring you, you have full right to say “Hey, can you get off your phone for a sec? We’ve barely said a word since we started to hang out.”

      I might have something better to say later… 😛

    • also sorry for making this longer but i forgot to add that tomorrows my parents’ anniversary and their anniversary last year was an AWFUL day for me (not going into detail but basically a lot of things went wrong that had nothing to do with the fact it was their anniversary and the first of these depressive phases of mine started) and i have this irrational fear that tomorrows gonna be awful too

    • It sounds like your mom is trying to help you connect with your friends.
      I know it seems that your mom is taking over your life, but step back and take a look.

      Is she telling you what to say to your friends?
      Is she making you pick up your phone and start calling your friends, much less text them?
      Is she forcing you to spend time with your friends?

      From the sound of things, the answer is no to all three.
      She is merely prompting you to go out and make the connection yourself. A nudge, not a push.
      I know as an introvert, I sometimes need a LOT of prompts before I get up and do anything. (I must drive my Guardian Angel crazy…)

      It is still your choice IF you connect with your friends and WHAT you say to them.
      Purple Dusk

      P.S.
      In college you still need to make connections and talk to people. Sorry. 🙁
      Most of the time after college, it is who you know that gets you the job, not what you can do.
      It is best to practice now.
      (Boy oh boy do I hate that.)

  • Ugh. I could use some hugs right now.

    One of my friends did something really innopropriate recently (actually, multiple things). They were really bad and she could go to jail if she weren’t underage. But I’ve known her for 7 years now. I’ve known she would never do that. She already has depression and anxiety, and she has all the symptoms of insanity, and the reasons why insanity happens. And she was my only close friend at the moment.

    I have another friend who I’m bonding with more, but we’re very different and still not as close.

    A friend also turned on me all of a sudden and is being a total jerk. She also hates the person who has insanity, says she couldn’t care less if she leaves, and has brainwashed some people into being on her side. And hating me. And the thing is, I know why she hates me. There was a fight between her and the friend who has insanity a bit ago. It was for a really dumb reason, but also, I was neutral and was annoyed at both of them.

    The one who turned on me asked who’s side I’d taken. I said, “I’m neutral.” she all of a sudden started being really nice to me to get me on her side. I knew she was doing this. I figured it out. But then she got mad that I didn’t seem to have changed to her side.

    And then SUNPAW is here. With a lot of work, it took me 3 long months to get away from her. She doesn’t think we’re best friends anymore, thank goodness. But she’s unknowingly sneaking back into my life. (In case you don’t know who Sunpaw is, I have mentioned her not too often, but she is the most annoying, clingy, immature person you’ll ever meet. I am also an introvert, so I was going crazy. I started having mental breakdowns and nightmares and my grades dropped a lot in math. So I don’t want her to come back.) But the friend i’m close with LIKES Sunpaw. So yeah. Not good.

    Long story short, I’m friendless at the moment. And as much as I love my show, Fairy Tail, they keep saying these “My friends are why I’m here today” and all this other stuff about friends. Friends, friends, friends. And I’m at a season finale right now, so it’s much worse.

    So yeah.

    Thanks for reading this.

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