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Emily Moran Barwick<p>I've been thinking a lot lately about how porous our identities are: how we are shaped by every experience, person, bit of information.</p><p>How this shaping means losing parts of ourselves...or at least who we would have been without external influences.</p><p>It brought to mind a piece I wrote about the drive to retrieve, catalogue &amp; preserve a sense of self amidst this loss of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>identity</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://fromemily.com/recollecting-hailey/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fromemily.com/recollecting-hai</span><span class="invisible">ley/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritersofMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersofMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FromEmily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FromEmily</span></a></p>
Emily Moran Barwick<p>Hey. I don’t know how to share this here. I don't know how to "frame" it for Mastodon...</p><p>But I want to share it. Because I know other people out there hurt. I know how isolating it is.</p><p>So, this isn't snappy &amp; well-packaged. But neither am I. And neither is pain.</p><p>I hope this somehow helps someone feel less alone in their pain: <a href="https://fromemily.com/open-letter-to-my-body-and-public-apology/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fromemily.com/open-letter-to-m</span><span class="invisible">y-body-and-public-apology/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChronicIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChronicIllness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChronicPain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChronicPain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spoonie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spoonie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FromEmily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FromEmily</span></a></p>
Emily Moran Barwick<p>I wrote a new thing...</p><p>...and it's not what I meant to write...</p><p>...but it's what I needed to</p><p><a href="https://fromemily.com/every-choice-a-million-deaths/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fromemily.com/every-choice-a-m</span><span class="invisible">illion-deaths/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmallWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grief</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FromEmily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FromEmily</span></a></p>
Emily Moran Barwick<p>I've spent a lifetime making myself smaller for everyone.</p><p>Making myself the version of me that was most useful and comfortable for everyone around me.</p><p>And I *HAVE* to stop before I disappear.</p><p>I wrote about learning to TAKE UP SPACE: <a href="https://fromemily.com/space-taking-defiance/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fromemily.com/space-taking-def</span><span class="invisible">iance/</span></a></p><p>Maybe you've made yourself smaller too? Let's TAKE UP SPACE together.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neurodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FromEmily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FromEmily</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmallWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a></p>
Emily Moran Barwick<p>Hi. I'm terrified. </p><p>I've been trying to make my own space on the web for years. And I've been stuck. Badly.</p><p>But today is my birthday. And I refuse to let another year pass without putting something—anything—out there</p><p>So here it is in all its messy glory. My first post on my barely-there <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/website" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>website</span></a>: <a href="https://fromemily.com/hi-im-terrified/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">fromemily.com/hi-im-terrified/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>It's not great. But it's okay...enough</p><p>And I hope it means something to someone</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmallWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActuallyADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyADHD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FromEmily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FromEmily</span></a></p>
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