Beyond Selidor

Thank you!

I am so sorry that you went through that abuse. Although you probably know this already, what happened to you was wrong and not your fault. (I feel people don't say this enough, so I try to make up for that by saying it whenever it's necessary.) The events that I'm alluding to were different, although I was bullied in primary and secondary school, and I view the later events as being the culmination of a lifetime of people taking advantage of my rather passive and lacking-in-the-ability-to-be-assertive personality.

It's not that I feel I don't know you well enough - you seem like a very interesting and genuine person and I too would like to get to know you better - but rather that I don't feel comfortable spelling stuff out explicitly on the blog, which I don't lock and which anyone can read. I'm completely comfortable with anyone on my flist knowing, though. So whenever I talk about this - which I do quite often - I always make this same offer, that people can ask me via PM and I would be happy to tell them.

That is a helpful tip with regard to the lists. I am just about to go into the mountains behind my house and sit there and write the list for tomorrow, and I think I will include the things that you mention.

I'm sorry to hear you're not doing so well right now. I'm happy to talk to you if you need it, although I'd rather take it to your blog or to PMs, as (as I mentioned before) my blog isn't locked and so anyone could read it.