So last week I made a series of posts about depression and recent comments and ideas being batted around within the fandom. The response has been pretty amazing, and I'm so happy to hear from so many people who are dealing with mental health issues themselves or have been touched by people who are. I … Continue reading A Furry Mental Health Podcast?
Month: July 2015
The Clarion Write-A-Thon: Week 6
After five weeks of the Clarion Write-A-Thon, I've written 30,523 words and raised $321.57. Both are fairly far from the goal of 50,000 words and $500, and I'm not sure I'll be able to write 19,500 words by August 1st. I mean, I COULD, but it'd pretty much mean doing nothing but writing for the … Continue reading The Clarion Write-A-Thon: Week 6
The Good We Can Do
Everyone's experience with depression is different, and that's what makes it difficult to talk about or advise on. Even when you have an idea of what depression is like, or personal experience with it, you can't speak for everyone. Sometimes, it manifests as anger or frustration that things are happening in your head that you … Continue reading The Good We Can Do
How We Argue
Arguing about things online has always been a popular pastime. There are so many things that we care deeply about, so many differences we have with other people who are just as passionate, so many ways that people can be wrong about everything. There are certain places on the Internet that seem like years-long shouting … Continue reading How We Argue
Non-Responding to Drama
In response to the controversy that's been continuing to flare, 2 released a video response last weekend. You can see the video here if you wish. If you don't, here's a summary from what I get from it. 2 doesn't believe that anyone has approached him with legitimate criticism; most people are haters who are simply … Continue reading Non-Responding to Drama
My 2 Sense
When I woke up from my suicide attempt, I had only one thought -- "I can't do this again." I wish I could say there was some identifiable process that led me away from suicide, but for me a switch was simply turned off. I feel incredibly fortunate in that regard; I know that for … Continue reading My 2 Sense
My Relationship with 2 and Depression
The two weeks surrounding AnthroCon have seen a storm of controversy pop up in the furry fandom. One of the fandom's most notable voices, 2 the Ranting Gryphon, is being called out for a year-old comment made on YouTube in which he said that people who committed suicide because of cyber-bullying deserve to die. This … Continue reading My Relationship with 2 and Depression
Opening Up the Hidden Heart
There are very few things as alienating as feeling like some deep part of yourself isn't understood, or worse, hated. We each have core aspects of ourselves that we prefer to keep hidden -- only showing them to a few people we trust. Sometimes we don't get to trust anyone, and we move through life … Continue reading Opening Up the Hidden Heart
The Clarion Write-A-Thon, Week 4
We're halfway through the Clarion Write-A-Thon, and I've been fairly remiss with hitting my goals consistently up until now. I'm up to 14,535 words now, 7K short of the 21,500 that I wanted to have by now. I'm still working on my second short story, but Civil Engineering should be done today or tomorrow. Still, … Continue reading The Clarion Write-A-Thon, Week 4
Rabbit-Hearted Guy
No Shame Day was last week and I completely missed it, so I thought I would take a bit of time to open up further about my mental health issues. I believe that the more we discuss these things openly, the more people understand the nature of mental illness and the more we destigmatize those … Continue reading Rabbit-Hearted Guy
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 