Junia Vale
@fromjunia.cc
Eating disorder recovery / Body neutrality / Food freedom
Unitarian Universalism / Paganism / Buddhism
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Unitarian Universalism / Paganism / Buddhism
25 / She/Her / Queer
Essays / Poems / Posts
Profile picture from the Rider-Waite-Smith Ten of Swords
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Junia Vale
@fromjunia.cc
· Sep 10
A few ground rules I'm setting for myself:
* No food diaries / "what I ate today" kind of posts.
* No exercise or movement posts of any kind.
* No photos of myself or body comparisons.
* No food advice ("eat this not that").
Just to start with.
* No food diaries / "what I ate today" kind of posts.
* No exercise or movement posts of any kind.
* No photos of myself or body comparisons.
* No food advice ("eat this not that").
Just to start with.
Getting subtweeted on my main for being anti diet lol
December 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Getting subtweeted on my main for being anti diet lol
It’s really slow at work today, if you can’t tell from all my posting.
December 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It’s really slow at work today, if you can’t tell from all my posting.
#edrecovery is hard. So my therapist wants me to make a running list of things I get back when I’m not drowning in my ED to refer to. I’m going to keep that on paper and also here.
1. Obvious one, first. I have energy to *do stuff*.
1. Obvious one, first. I have energy to *do stuff*.
December 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
#edrecovery is hard. So my therapist wants me to make a running list of things I get back when I’m not drowning in my ED to refer to. I’m going to keep that on paper and also here.
1. Obvious one, first. I have energy to *do stuff*.
1. Obvious one, first. I have energy to *do stuff*.
Trying to build out a new plan for recovery going forward because tbh I’m slipping some. It’s definitely been gradually worsening the last few weeks. I need a clear plan to get my footing back
December 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Trying to build out a new plan for recovery going forward because tbh I’m slipping some. It’s definitely been gradually worsening the last few weeks. I need a clear plan to get my footing back
I should definitely be able to fit a tea candle and the Kwan Yin statue in the altoids tin. Question is if I can fit matches or a lighter in there too. That’s really the only other thing I need (other than a thin, small cloth to protect the statue)
December 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I should definitely be able to fit a tea candle and the Kwan Yin statue in the altoids tin. Question is if I can fit matches or a lighter in there too. That’s really the only other thing I need (other than a thin, small cloth to protect the statue)
December 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My therapist is going to have a lot to deal with on Monday
December 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
My therapist is going to have a lot to deal with on Monday
Being impatient waiting the bodhisattva statue to arrive is crazy
December 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Being impatient waiting the bodhisattva statue to arrive is crazy
Did the scary thing and offered my writing to be looked over by my church’s writers’ group
And now I wait—for either the devastating silence, or the devastating reply
And now I wait—for either the devastating silence, or the devastating reply
December 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Did the scary thing and offered my writing to be looked over by my church’s writers’ group
And now I wait—for either the devastating silence, or the devastating reply
And now I wait—for either the devastating silence, or the devastating reply
I feel a little less stressed about the quality of my writing putting it on ao3 because while there’s a lot of great stuff on there people also just be putting anything on there too
December 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I feel a little less stressed about the quality of my writing putting it on ao3 because while there’s a lot of great stuff on there people also just be putting anything on there too
Writing makes me feel a little better
December 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Writing makes me feel a little better
I swear my tarot deck has a bias towards the Ten of Swords. I pull it way too often. The card must be like a little less grippy on the top so that it has an easier time cutting there or something.
Or animism is real and the deck has a bitchy personality
Or animism is real and the deck has a bitchy personality
December 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I swear my tarot deck has a bias towards the Ten of Swords. I pull it way too often. The card must be like a little less grippy on the top so that it has an easier time cutting there or something.
Or animism is real and the deck has a bitchy personality
Or animism is real and the deck has a bitchy personality
Just got an email saying I owe money to student loans
I guess Ebenezer Scrooge is running Nelnet now
I guess Ebenezer Scrooge is running Nelnet now
December 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Just got an email saying I owe money to student loans
I guess Ebenezer Scrooge is running Nelnet now
I guess Ebenezer Scrooge is running Nelnet now
I want to write more today
December 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I want to write more today
Now I don’t celebrate Christmas so I’m gonna probably be bored posting all day tbh
December 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Now I don’t celebrate Christmas so I’m gonna probably be bored posting all day tbh
Merry Christmas, everyone. Like I said at Thanksgiving, holidays can be hard for us #edrecovery travelers. I hope you all have a good day, and that you give yourself some compassion if things don’t entirely work out the way you’d hope <3
December 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Merry Christmas, everyone. Like I said at Thanksgiving, holidays can be hard for us #edrecovery travelers. I hope you all have a good day, and that you give yourself some compassion if things don’t entirely work out the way you’d hope <3
I Survived 2025 and All I Got Was:
* An ED in remission
* Several new skills to manage depression
* A new outlook on life that is more resilient and flexible
* Increased self-compassion
* New friends and supports
* An ED in remission
* Several new skills to manage depression
* A new outlook on life that is more resilient and flexible
* Increased self-compassion
* New friends and supports
December 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I Survived 2025 and All I Got Was:
* An ED in remission
* Several new skills to manage depression
* A new outlook on life that is more resilient and flexible
* Increased self-compassion
* New friends and supports
* An ED in remission
* Several new skills to manage depression
* A new outlook on life that is more resilient and flexible
* Increased self-compassion
* New friends and supports
Listening this jolly Christmas Eve to Femtanyl
December 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Listening this jolly Christmas Eve to Femtanyl
Remembering that my church has a writers' group and considering the terrifying prospect of sharing my work there
December 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Remembering that my church has a writers' group and considering the terrifying prospect of sharing my work there
I'm making a travel altar for Worship On-The-Go and just ordered the cutest tiniest little Kwan Yin statue. Literally less than 2 inches tall. It should take up ~half the altoid tin I'm planning on using, and baaaarely fit (an altoid tin is ~0.75" deep, which is the same measurement for the statue)
December 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I'm making a travel altar for Worship On-The-Go and just ordered the cutest tiniest little Kwan Yin statue. Literally less than 2 inches tall. It should take up ~half the altoid tin I'm planning on using, and baaaarely fit (an altoid tin is ~0.75" deep, which is the same measurement for the statue)
I'm kind of proud of myself for writing something readable and releasing it to the world tbh
December 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'm kind of proud of myself for writing something readable and releasing it to the world tbh
Okay, so there's a general consensus among people on my main that they would prefer AO3 to my side blog, so I guess we're keeping a gentle separation there. (I still repost some of my essays onto my main account, so there's some overlap, but this'll keep a little separation.)
December 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Okay, so there's a general consensus among people on my main that they would prefer AO3 to my side blog, so I guess we're keeping a gentle separation there. (I still repost some of my essays onto my main account, so there's some overlap, but this'll keep a little separation.)
First bit of fiction I've wrote in a while: Working title, Cedar. Chapter 1 is up on my blog! ~1800 words, local-oriented fantasy.
Themes: Religion, kitchen camaraderie, mental health
Themes: Religion, kitchen camaraderie, mental health
Cedar: Chapter 1
Cedar woke up before the world did. As they did most mornings, Cedar roused from a broken sleep in the early pre-dawn hours. They splashe...
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December 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
First bit of fiction I've wrote in a while: Working title, Cedar. Chapter 1 is up on my blog! ~1800 words, local-oriented fantasy.
Themes: Religion, kitchen camaraderie, mental health
Themes: Religion, kitchen camaraderie, mental health
It’s crazy how anorexia will make you get mad at the idea of ice cream and cookies
December 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It’s crazy how anorexia will make you get mad at the idea of ice cream and cookies
I have finished the first draft of the first chapter of the first fiction I've wrote in like 5 years. 🎉
Now to actually write, which is to say, rewrite. Ugh.
Now to actually write, which is to say, rewrite. Ugh.
December 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I have finished the first draft of the first chapter of the first fiction I've wrote in like 5 years. 🎉
Now to actually write, which is to say, rewrite. Ugh.
Now to actually write, which is to say, rewrite. Ugh.