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Briar Ripley Page
@flameswallower.bsky.social
It's Briar! Hi! I'm an American werewolf and writer living in London.

Website: briarripleypage.xyz

Self-pubbed stuff on flameswallower.itch.io
different country," or "you can't take a plane to visit your relatives who live across the ocean in a different country" or w/e!)
January 15, 2026 at 1:17 PM
they should never go on an airplane under any circumstances or they're a moral monster; you would probably advise against a plane if there is another reasonable option for travel, and might advise against a plane vacation that seems frivolous, but would probably not go "you can't try to move to a
January 15, 2026 at 1:16 PM
when it comes to things like "is it moral for me to go on an airplane?" the synthesis that I find best is to treat the moral concern as completely reasonable (because it is), but answer this question to yourself the way you would if a beloved friend asked it of you. (eg you would not tell them that
January 15, 2026 at 1:14 PM
own fault, and that it is possible to hold myself accountable for actual things i've done wrong without taking it to the extreme of self-punishment or "I'm the worst person in the world"-ing.

it has been a very long journey and it still isn't over! but these things can definitely improve.
January 15, 2026 at 1:11 PM
as problematic behavior (self-harm intended as self-punishment or as the result of overly stringent standards for eg diet; lashing out at or avoiding other people), and additional talk therapy aimed at, basically, getting me to recognize that bad things that have happened to me are largely not my
January 15, 2026 at 1:09 PM
i have struggled with these sorts of feelings for most of my life (since maybe age 5-6), and struggled with them Very Intensely for most of my 20s. the two things that were very helpful to me were a form of modified DBT + exposure therapy aimed at treating the aspects of this problem that manifest
January 15, 2026 at 1:03 PM
the thing about it is, if someone was "just doing research on C-GPT" and not actually using it to compose your script, i don't think BETTER of them for it. instead, i think they're stupid AS WELL AS lazy!
January 14, 2026 at 6:50 PM