Comments for Sting in the Tail

Comment on Writing Myself To Death by stinginthetail

stinginthetail — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 02:35:52 +0000

Thx so pleased it’s come together.

Comment on Writing Myself To Death by stinginthetail

stinginthetail — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 02:35:33 +0000

Moar than chocolate? Wow *impressed* thx xx

Comment on Writing Myself To Death by Tweet Fail (@tweet_fail)

Tweet Fail (@tweet_fail) — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:54:03 +0000

I’m thrilled, absolutely thrilled that Book Three is nearing completion, and am giddy with anticipation. I want it more than chocolate.

Comment on Writing Myself To Death by ladyofthewest

ladyofthewest — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:55:10 +0000

Congradulations!

Comment on I’ll just be a minute…. by stinginthetail

stinginthetail — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:33:59 +0000

Agreed, and it’s getting worse – and the abuse disabled people are copping is bad. It’s ok for those of us who can still be militant, but so many can’t fight back.

By the way, disabled are allowed to park in those huge Parents With Prams spots – tell your friend’s daughter.

Comment on I’ll just be a minute…. by Sandra

Sandra — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:12:54 +0000

So true. My friend’s daughter is in a wheel chair, she has a van with the electric lift into the back. The amount of times she has had to wait for people to return to their cars so she can open the tail gate because they have squeezed illegally into the back of the disabled spot she is parked in is ridiculous! Don’t know what people are thinking … Most likely they simply are not!

Comment on Insert Something Funny Here by stinginthetail

stinginthetail — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:33:28 +0000

thanks so much. *sniffle* excuse me, am having very fluffy moment *hugs*

Comment on Insert Something Funny Here by Tweet Fail (@tweet_fail)

Tweet Fail (@tweet_fail) — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:15:48 +0000

I\’ve read Book 1 three times now. I\’m still tsk-tsking at Polo, and enjoy it as much as the first time. As a beta-reader of Book 2, I\’m impressed by the way you tell a richly amusing tale in such fine detail while staying on track of the entire story arc. I wish, on my best day, I could write as well as you do on your worst.

Comment on Competition time oh yes by Insert Something Funny Here | Sting in the Tail

Insert Something Funny Here | Sting in the Tail — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:39:14 +0000

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Comment on Die Already, Emo by stinginthetail

stinginthetail — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:00:21 +0000

Hi Chris, thanks for commenting – most of the people i’ve known who self-harmed were very secretive about it, like you – it’s not for attention as in the piece above, it’s simply to either feel, or to stop feeling. Nothing to do with other people (except as their actions mess with our heads, or as we harm ourselves in despair at our inability to connect with others). It has everything to do with, as you say, self-hatred.

Am amazed how many of my (apparently well-balanced) friends can say “oh yeah, look” and show me the scars from when they used to cut themselves. None of them told anyone at the time. I didn’t cut myself, i self-harmed in other ways.

It took a solid year of psychotherapy and hard work ever since (25 years later) to learn to at least deal with it. (Controlling or curing don’t seem quite the right words when it comes to the kind of black depression that haunts a person.)

NOTE: Anyone who is depressed/self-harming, please, talk to someone in a professional capacity. Finding out why our minds (and the state of them) drive us to do these things is crucial to both recovery and understanding. (You only feel like there’s no hope, this is bullshit your troubled mind is throwing at you.)