Hello, everyone. I am new here. I don't like to talk about myself very much, and I tend to surreptitiously lurk in online forums instead of actively contributing to them. Nevertheless, I will try to shed some light on my character.
First, as is undoubtedly the case with many of you, I am waging a war with chronic depression. On most days, I win, but there are some days where I don't. I used to use books as a reprieve from reality, and in doing so, I became very well read. I'm not sure whether that made my issues better or worse, but it certainly broadened my vocabulary.
I stumbled upon this place fairly recently, and I wish I had found it when I was about five years younger. It would have helped me to no end to know that there were other people out there who weren't so very different from myself. That's why I believe the existence is communities such as this one is so incredibly vital. Now that I am older and a little bit wiser, I have the desire the help younger people get through the tumultuous self-acceptance process that left me so damaged on fundamental levels. It can never be made easy, but surely it can be made easier than it is.
I suppose that is all. See you around.
