hi ! (new member here)

hi everyone! i'm new here. my name is angela, but i prefer to be called angie ♥. i'm twenty-four years old. i struggle with ptsd as a result of living with a toxic family. (i also struggle with somniphobic, low serotonin levels, trichotillomania & panic disorder) i deal with everyday the best way i can. no day is the same for me. i have good days, i have bad days... but i try and keep myself grounded.

the friends in my life are the closet thing i have to a family. despite my difficult childhood, i treat everything that comes across my path with love & kindness. i try and use my experiences as a way to better myself and other people around me. i'm a gentle nymph who feels with the whole of her heart. i am a highly sensitive person.

i am always reading and researching psychology. even though i'm not in school, i continue to educate myself on my own terms. i am constantly reading about other conditions that exist in the human mind. i want to understand the human mind more. i am very interested in psychology and philosophy. one of my dreams is to go back to school & become a therapist. i want to use my own experiences to help guild people through traumatic events with love, kindness & patience.

i feel a strong connection to: butterflies, flowers & trees i appreciate the metamorphosis of a butterfly (butterflies are free and they must go through changes in order to reach the stage of being free) & the growth & stages of a flower. (bloom where you are planted.) with trees, i am so thankful for them. (they give us the air we breathe! how amazing is that?!) ~ it's safe to say, spring is my favorite season. it's when everything comes back alive again. ♥ i admire people who are able to overcome any kind of struggle and become better people from it. i look forward to pass my wisdom to others who need some light in their dark days.

Hey angela,

What is 'somniphobia'?; and do you want to talk more about your problems specifically? Talking can always help, even if it feels as if the issue(s) have been resolved. So you have a general interest in biology, right? I'm a qualifid microbiologist, but I also like botany and insects. i never studied the butterfly much, but certainly have a remarkable life cycle.

Kevin