Hi everyone! My name is Gia. I live in Toronto (originally from Calgary) and I've been practicing Judaism for about 2-3 years. Both of my parents are atheist Jews (my dad's family were Russian Jews and my mum's were Italian Sephardim), so I didn't have a religious upbringing at all. I slowly got more and more interested in exploring my background and then in college, I finally joined a synagogue. Now I'm the president of my campus Jewish Student Life club and just finished a Jewish leaders fellowship program. Sadly I aged out of Birthright before I got a chance to go, but I'm sure there will be other opportunities anyway.
I also just finished taking the conversion class offered at my synagogue. My rabbi thought it would be a great way for me to learn more about Judaism and let me take the course even though I'm obviously not converting (and it was a great experience).
hugs!
For my depression, I think the most helpful things have been journaling, art, talk therapy, and medication. The most difficult thing is kinda forcing myself to do things that I know I like doing but feel too lethargic or apathetic to do, but a lot of times that helps too (for me, that would be going for walks outside, watching TV). Even just making myself shower when I don't feel like it can be good.
And no worries, not too personal! Greysexual is a place on the asexual spectrum (in my case, it means that I don't generally experience sexual attraction but it can happen), and biromantic means that I experience romantic attraction to people of various gender identities. The split attraction model doesn't really apply outside of asexuality (as far as I know anyway).
Thanks for your lovely comment! Nice to meet you. :)
Current Preferred Handle: @gia
Previous Handle/Platform: I'm volpixi basically everywhere (including on here, too)
Comms I like to hang out at and why: I'm not super sure yet because I'm still new, but I've been liking let's get coffee. I saw a queer Jews comm but I haven't explored it yet.
Comms I wish existed so I could hang out there: maybe a Harry Potter comm? I haven't looked so there probably is one but IDK.
Stuff I like and am interested in and/or want to chat about: sports (hockey, tennis, rugby), video games (esp. Mario, Pokemon, Zelda, indie games, Undertale), tattoos, photography, art, poetry, Netflix, Judaism/Jewish culture, Harry Potter, astrology, LGBTQ things, (plus size) fashion, celiac/gluten free cooking, animals
Thanks!
I feel like my answer could be kind of endless (especially with poets!), so I'll just name a few important ones: Dostoevsky, Philip K Dick, Sylvia Plath, Jhumpa Lahiri, Ginsberg, Neil Gaiman, JD Salinger, Leonard Cohen. And, if you couldn't tell by my cat's name, TS Eliot of course. :)
It's definitely seems like it's taken the best of both worlds. I hope it works out that way in the long run.
And thank you! :D Nice to meet you, too.
mmm cold brew is the best :)
Thanks! :D
I read "the Emperor of All Maladies" too quickly and thought you said "the Interpreter of Maladies" and was very confused about your description of the book for a minute! :)
I haven't tried any recipes yet so I'll give it a go! Thank you!
I need a gluten free version of challah. Or just let myself get sick sometimes... it's so good.
All of the above, but I'm especially interested in movie nights, book clubs, and recommendations. Less interested in memes.
My family doctor and I were discussing how my depression and anxiety diagnoses didn't seem sufficient based on symptoms we noticed after I started medication (and realized were present all along but depression/anxiety were more "obvious" I guess so we missed them). He told me that he was certain I have BPD.
I had a referral for a psychiatrist who diagnosed me with... depression and anxiety (and implied I had read up on ~other disorders online and "decided"/pretended I had them). My family doctor said a diagnosis isn't the most important thing for me anyway, but he could and would diagnose me if it came down to it (if I was applying for disability accommodations at school or whatnot).
So, long story short... I found out because I have a good GP who cares about me and doesn't have that weird stigma that a lot of psychiatrists seem to have against diagnosing/treating BPD.
I had the same thing happen to me when I was on Cipralex (same as Lexapro). I'd wake up with little cuts on my ankles and feet from scratching. I recently switched off of it and haven't noticed any new cuts. Didn't make the possible connection to the medication until reading your post - I just assumed it was my anxiety. I think it's worth mentioning to your doctor whether you think it's a big issue or not.
I'm fighting off a cold so I'm rotating between orange juice and water.
Other: grey-asexual (mostly no sexual attraction but sometimes) / bi-romantic



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