[Nice To Meet You All!]

Goodness, thank you all for your replies! You're all very kind - and I'm really beginning to see that in your community. Thank you for making me feel so welcome!

@loTus1: Yes, I have played FFs - but only 4, 7, 8, 12, and 13.

[Dear Me]

Dear self -

I hope this letter finds you well - as you're learning to be. I know these past years have been hard for you. I know you have a hard time trusting, that you still, sometimes, believe you aren't worth anything. But yet, sometimes you're doing well. You're amazing.

I want you to know that eventually, this will all be behind you. But you still know that this will also always be a part of you - and that nothing you ever say or do will lessen the pain that you feel some nights, alone, or in the shower, or just...there. But you also know that you will learn to be stronger than those people that hurt you. Because ultimately, you are far better than those people who have caused you pain.

There is hope for you yet, that someday you will open your mouth and the words will flow forth as you want them to, that they will not be dammed up, caught in your chest and throat, sticking painfully as they do now. Someday you will blink your eyes and allow yourself to cry if you desire to do so, if something does catch in your throat, you can let it out through your tears. Someday, you will be able to offer a better shoulder and ear to those who feel close enough to you to speak of their experiences, because your shame won't get in the way of your understanding.

I offer you this and much more - that you will heal, that you will live, that you will thrive and prosper through all this.

Never forget that you are well-loved.

~Baroness

[Nice To Meet You All!]

Hello, I'm The Baroness!

I wanted to pop in and say hello! You all have a lovely community of incredibly supportive people.

I'm in my mid-20s, I play guitar, watercolour, and sketch. I'm also a huge nerd and I play DnD. I run Roleplaying games - mostly Vampire games, though I've been told a run a great Victorian-era horror game.

That's all I've got at the moment, but thank you for reading!