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sharing successes (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 3 weeks ago by to c/trans_joy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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i have more food than i have had in a long time and it feels good to not worry so much. so many of us are on the street and it's so much bad news that me having a whole week of food, without working, is a win for all of us. feeling like life is possible. ✊🏻⚧️

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[–] 5 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

I love this. Thank you for inspiring me. I hope I get there someday too.

I am hopeful that I will have stable housing in a month or 2. I may make a long post about my journey soon. It's a lot of big feelings and trauma but I think it will help me heal and get the word out about the people helping me. I am nervous about revealing too much but I don't have many fucks left to give at this point.

I'm just finishing a camping trip today, I've been at a nice park for most of this month but bad weather is coming through tonight so I'm leaving early. Some people in the queer community were nice enough to help put me in a hotel for 2 weeks starting tonight, they covered over half the cost. I might have a couch for a week after that. I will get through this and I have a plan to get out but it takes time.

Seeing your posts have been very special for me during this. I am so glad you are making a go of it. 💜🩷💜🩷💜

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 weeks ago (5 children)

    i came back to check in. are you sheltered? i keep thinking about you. It says something that I'm remembering you. my world isn't uh, contiguous, because of the TBI and dissociation so it really is of note. let's keep in touch. its yet another chance to generate meaning from suffering and grow as people. 🫂🫶🏻

    i misposted this reply! argh

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    Aww thank you for checking in. I'm getting much closer now to getting out of this.

    I made contact late last week with another lady that is also looking for a new place, so we have been apartment shopping and are applying to one that is down the street from a local queer hangout. I am pretty excited but it's all up to whether they accept my meager information. I had to drain a retirement account, and that took me a long time because until the other day it still had my deadname.

    But even if we don't get that place, I'm hoping we will get one soon.

    I hope you are doing ok!

    💜

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 week ago (2 children)

    thank you for the update. im grateful youre looking for optimism and have another person to work with. im okay enough for today and im focusing on things that matter. i appreciate our connection.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Unfortunately didn't get the first place we applied for. So I'm feeling pretty sad. But we are still working on it. And I'm trying really hard to stay balanced. Trying to stay positive.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 week ago

    hope is a precious resource. i know. staying positive might not be something you can do and that's okay. if you can eat, hydrate, and sleep it will be easier. even if just the tiniest bit. positivity is a long-game. there are lots of lost battles for me too. it will come. hang on. you can let other folks believe and hope for you too. you can turn that over for a while if you need. i had to do this a lot. letting go is not the same as giving up.

    im so deeply proud of you for talking about it here and showing us how to keep going. one step at a time. 💜

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