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Re: The Stigma of Psychiatry

Is the document that you signed permanently binding? I'm an American, so not very familiar with Canadian laws at all, but I wonder whether you could challenge the document in court. That, or make good connections and flee within the country? To NorthernSoul: I'm going to have to agree more with deal...
by Ylanne
on Fri May 25, 2012 7:45 am
 
Forum: Discussion & Debate
Topic: The Stigma of Psychiatry
Replies: 30
Views: 255

Re: The Stigma of Psychiatry

Sometimes I wish the tables were turned and the doctors got to see the actual human effects of all their good intentions. For ten years I've given doctors the benefit of the doubt. I've heard their side of the story a million times. I know that they say "mental illness is just like diabetes&qu...
by Ylanne
on Thu May 24, 2012 5:31 pm
 
Forum: Discussion & Debate
Topic: The Stigma of Psychiatry
Replies: 30
Views: 255

Re: The Stigma of Psychiatry

Well, "normal" is subjective and contextual, too. The closest I can come to grasping a concept of "normal" is "common" or "typical." I have never been diagnosed, but I have many of the traits associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and according to at l...
by Ylanne
on Thu May 24, 2012 5:22 pm
 
Forum: Discussion & Debate
Topic: The Stigma of Psychiatry
Replies: 30
Views: 255

Re: The Stigma of Psychiatry

Fadded, your language is still shaped by societal ableism. Many people in the disability rights community, which has increasingly included those with mental, learning, developmental, and intellectual disabilities, do not believe that there is anything "wrong" with them regardless of diagno...
by Ylanne
on Thu May 24, 2012 4:37 pm
 
Forum: Discussion & Debate
Topic: The Stigma of Psychiatry
Replies: 30
Views: 255

Re: The Stigma of Psychiatry

"Illness" isn't generally the most appropriate word to use. Those with "mental illnesses" have increasingly preferred the terminology "mental disability" in line with the rest of the disability rights movement. (I glanced above, and see that my April 2 post in this thre...
by Ylanne
on Thu May 24, 2012 3:15 pm
 
Forum: Discussion & Debate
Topic: The Stigma of Psychiatry
Replies: 30
Views: 255

Re: From "When the Lion Wakes" (feedback wanted)

To anyone else reading, specifically, I'm looking to learn the answers to these questions from different folks reading: 1.) Did you relate to any of the characters? If so, whom? How? 2.) Was the dialogue realistic? Did the dialogue reflect differing personalities? 3.) What did you learn or believe t...
by Ylanne
on Sun May 20, 2012 1:12 am
 
Forum: Writing
Topic: From "When the Lion Wakes" (feedback wanted)
Replies: 4
Views: 104

Re: Scene or character sketches

For some samples, as I promised them. Sample one Sample two Sample three (I realize this is political; I draw political things.) You can find my signature (Ylanne S.) on all of my artwork if you look for it. I usually try to make it innocuous, and sometimes my handwriting is illegible. But there are...
by Ylanne
on Tue May 15, 2012 11:47 pm
 
Forum: Artwork
Topic: Scene or character sketches
Replies: 2
Views: 81

Scene or character sketches

I don't have samples offhand, and do plan to add some later, but I can draw scene or character requests with the following stipulations: 1.) I take time and will not fulfill requests quickly. I may take weeks or over a month to finish. 2.) I draw by hand in black and white with pen or charcoal. 3.) ...
by Ylanne
on Mon May 14, 2012 11:13 pm
 
Forum: Artwork
Topic: Scene or character sketches
Replies: 2
Views: 81

Re: Cultural Imperialism: Is the US Guilty?

There is a false paradigm of "progress" that has afflicted much of the scholarly work on foreign affairs, international relations, and regional and area studies; it includes language like "development" and "progress," when many of the ideals of "progress" and ...
by Ylanne
on Sat May 12, 2012 8:16 am
 
Forum: Discussion & Debate
Topic: Cultural Imperialism: Is the US Guilty?
Replies: 7
Views: 72

Re: The Stigma of Psychiatry

The blogs Just Stimming and Autistic Hoya discuss ableism quite extensively, though mostly in regards to autism.
by Ylanne
on Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:04 pm
 
Forum: Discussion & Debate
Topic: The Stigma of Psychiatry
Replies: 30
Views: 255

Re: Daily Writing Prompts!

Thanks, Skuld. That might be the right amount of inspiration for me to return to this.
by Ylanne
on Wed Apr 25, 2012 3:10 pm
 
Forum: Role Play Academy
Topic: Daily Writing Prompts!
Replies: 11
Views: 338

Re: MurderBrawl I (OOC And Sign Ups)

Here are the final scores from the first round. https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/538380_10150685327183157_596198156_9623548_1755043996_n.jpg Click for full image. If you can't see the image, here are the numbers in text form: Asperser (Sophia Nightingale) Creativity Description: ...
by Ylanne
on Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:47 pm
 
Forum: Battle Arena
Topic: MurderBrawl I (OOC And Sign Ups)
Replies: 566
Views: 5797

Re: MurderBrawl I (OOC And Sign Ups)

I'm mostly done with the first of the fights to be judged, but I was going to post all of the scores and evaluations in a single post. Is that okay with everyone? I should be another day to get all of them done.
by Ylanne
on Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:40 am
 
Forum: Battle Arena
Topic: MurderBrawl I (OOC And Sign Ups)
Replies: 566
Views: 5797

Re: Family Pictures

(This post was co-written by Alasund De’astio, playing Jarrin, Charade, and Ion, and Ylanne playing Andrea Titon and Jamal Morrison Lebrun.) Jarrin, leaning casually against the pole behind him, sighed. He hated violating an ally government's property, but there were some things that had to be done....
by Ylanne
on Sat Apr 14, 2012 4:25 am
 
Forum: The Multiverse (Persistent World)
Topic: Family Pictures
Replies: 33
Views: 646

Re: At The Edge

(This scene was co-written by curtsive playing Joachim Friedman and Ylanne playing Arianne Drulović.) A rather diminutive man strolled down the road, a small slip of paper the size of a Chinese fortune in hand. With each house he passed, he stopped, and looked it over. He looked down to the paper, a...
by Ylanne
on Sat Apr 14, 2012 4:23 am
 
Forum: The Multiverse (Persistent World)
Topic: At The Edge
Replies: 15
Views: 280

Re: At The Edge

(This post was co-written by Alasund De’astio playing Darren Morgath and Ylanne playing Arianne Drulović.) The cell phone was small, with a black and white digital screen and a simple interface containing the number keys, the star, the pound key, and a key each for sending (or answering) and ending ...
by Ylanne
on Sat Apr 14, 2012 3:59 am
 
Forum: The Multiverse (Persistent World)
Topic: At The Edge
Replies: 15
Views: 280

Re: At The Edge

(This post was co-written by barney_fife and I. He wrote for the Taiyou folks and I wrote for the Hataf folks.) Niihama City was a massive, bustling multi-layered city, with skyscrapers stretching thousands of meters into the sky. From the skies, Sector Five looked like a gleaming modern neo-tokyo t...
by Ylanne
on Sat Apr 14, 2012 3:41 am
 
Forum: The Multiverse (Persistent World)
Topic: At The Edge
Replies: 15
Views: 280

Re: At The Edge

(This post was written by both Alasund De'astio and I, and could have been included either in this thread or in Family Pictures; we chose to post it to Family Pictures and leave the link here to note where it takes place.)
by Ylanne
on Sat Apr 14, 2012 3:37 am
 
Forum: The Multiverse (Persistent World)
Topic: At The Edge
Replies: 15
Views: 280

Re: Family Pictures

(This post was co-written by Alasund De’astio playing Alice Kaitani and Melissa Severeign and Ylanne playing Arianne Drulović. It could have been posted either in At the Edge or Family Pictures, but we decided to include it in Family Pictures.) Alice had already had pretty good reports and images on...
by Ylanne
on Sat Apr 14, 2012 3:33 am
 
Forum: The Multiverse (Persistent World)
Topic: Family Pictures
Replies: 33
Views: 646

Re: Family Pictures

(This was co-written by Ellipse, playing Erin “Ari” Loire, and I, playing Arianne Drulović. This scene is actually unfinished and incomplete , but because it occurs[ed] within a specific point in time relative to the character and plot arcs, I am posting what has been written so far [since January],...
by Ylanne
on Sat Apr 14, 2012 3:20 am
 
Forum: The Multiverse (Persistent World)
Topic: Family Pictures
Replies: 33
Views: 646
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