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The Little Things; Mainly Ramblings

A blog by singmetothesun in General

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About this blog

Probably nonsensical posts about fandom-related things that I'm thinking about or questioning. 
So you can probably ignore it.
Like, seriously.

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2023

I got a tattoo!

Following up on this post+ I made three years ago (I know, forever ago), I finally got my tattoo!  I've wanted to get this design for three years as a reward for getting through addiction rehab back in 2020. The original plan was to get it done around my birthday that year (May) but because of lockdown in the UK and covid measures, there was no chance I was getting it done then. Why didn't I get it done sooner? Simple answer is I just scared myself off it. I still wanted to get it done but
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2022

Happy Name Day!

Hi Everyone! I OFFICIALLY (AND FINALLY) CHANGED MY NAME BY DEED POLL TWO MONTHS AGO! ? I've been out to friends as non-binary and going by Jerri in private for over a year now, and I came out to my family at Christmas 2021, knowing that I wanted to change my name to Jerri permanently. And that finally happened on Sunday 3rd July 2022! ?         My parents still deadname me a lot (they say they're trying) which is annoying and exhausting but I know I'm lucky that
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2021

I Came Out To My Family!

Season's Greetings!    I think I'm just about recovered from the chaos of Christmas with my family, and I'm looking forward to some days on my own to recharge my social battery as it is kaput! Having said that, it's been a pretty good week for me in more ways than one.   I CAME OUT TO MY FAMILY!    Yep, I came out of the closet as Non-Binary and told them I'm changing my name to Jerri by deed poll  It went mostly okay, after starting a little bad. I asked my go
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2021

Happy Pride Month!

Happy Pride Month!    And I have some fun news...   I'm non-binary!   And I now go by the name Jerri (which means spear ruler) ⚔️   It's been a fun journey of self-realisation and giving myself permission to love and accept myself. I came out as bisexual two years ago but that wasn't as much as a big deal to me as coming out as non-binary. I felt being openly bisexual didn't fundamentally change how I saw myself or how anyone saw me, but with gender identity it
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2021

Some 2021 Resolutions

HAPPY 2021! ? Usually, New Year's Resolutions are quite triggering for me because of the association with dieting and weight loss. But since March 2020 I've been in eating disorder recovery, and it's important that I don't focus on the dieting anymore. Christmas and New Year were still very difficult and triggered some panic attacks, but I was very determined to not focus 2021 around my usual fears. So, I decided to think of things that would really make me happy.    1. Finis
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An Honest Conversation about Mental Health & Lockdown

Trigger Warning for mentions of eating disorders, addiction, anxiety, and depression. *  * * * * It's August 11th and the U.K. has been in lockdown for the majority of five months. Five months. Something nobody anticipated at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve/Day, that's for sure. I myself was actually in residential eating disorder treatment at a rehab centre when the U.K. first went into lockdown mid-March. It was a scary concept but as I'd already been in therapy
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Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Trigger Warning for Eating Disorder / Depression / Anxiety  So this is something I've been spending the past few weeks coming to terms with. I have an eating disorder. Most of my symptoms fit under Binge Eating Disorder (BED) but because they don't fit solidly within just BED then I have what is termed OSFED or Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder. Turns out I have been dealing with this for a number of years and it has just gone unnoticed by myself (ironically a mental health advo
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Fic Night Q&A

One of my fics Nothing to Lose was voted for the August Fic Night, and I thought I would post the Q&A from that on here!  Summary: Astoria is harbouring a secret, one that she cannot keep from Draco any longer. Rating: M  Characters: Astoria Greengrass/Draco Malfoy #   QUESTIONS 1.Obviously the story was written for a challenge. When you got the prompt what were your feelings?  Straight off the bat I wanted to write it and I had ideas floating around i
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A Cete of Badgers

Hufflepuffs are known for being loyal, hard-working and patient. People make fun of us as we’re basically known as the house that you get sent to if you don’t fit into any of the other three. Helga Hufflepuff, our Founder, was kind, caring, and wanted to be fair – willing to give each and every student a place where they would be welcomed. There’s no discrimination in this house, we don’t care where you’ve come from, and we encourage one another to be the best versions of ourselves.  Our se
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Mental Health Awareness Week

It's Mental Health Awareness Week and I have really been struggling. (Trigger warning for content just to be safe) That takes a lot of courage for me to admit. I've had a huge setback this week and have been feeling very overwhelmed, very worthless, and very low. My usual coping mechanisms have done nothing for me and I have barely been able to sleep at night because of intrusive thoughts. I even had to call upon some fandom friends through twitter because I was having urges to hurt myself.
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Reasons Why I Write

I owe my love of writing and fanfiction to Harry Potter. When I was sixteen, the Harry Potter films finished. It was 2011, the year I left high school, and I walked out of the cinema after seeing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 in floods of tears because my childhood was officially over. No more books. No more films (heh, so I thought!).  It was all gone.  I was actually on holiday at the time, and I remember sitting on my hotel bed that night and scouring the internet for
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