Thank you for taking the time to read this. I just wanted to take a minute to try to explain a few things you may come across on this site.
First off, you may find that I put a * in place of a letter in a word, for example r*pe or a*use. This is because I find the words triggering to type and to see when I use them in relation to myself.
I would also like to take a moment to explain the warning system I've put in place on this site. I've put it here for your own safety so that you can decide if you'd like to read the page or not.
If you saw my first version of this site (before January 2001) then this will be new to you as with that site I only had one warning and put it on most pages in case it upset/offended/triggered you. I have changed (and hopefully improved) the warning system since then so please make sure you read and understand what I say here.
If you saw the previous version of my site this warning system will ring lots of bells :o)
On this site, if you see the "Triggering" warning on a page then I will be talking about something that might trigger you - this could be Self-Harm (or SH), r*pe, a*use or miscarriage for example.
If you see the "warning" message I will be talking about things that might upset you (for example, death or suicide).
Please take care when you read these pages.
Also, a few people have emailed me and asked about the parts of the site that are hosted with free webspace providers (for example, Geocities). All of those pages (for example, the memorial website and the membership dedication pages) are also a part of this site - I just find it easier to have the non-depression parts of the site hosted elsewhere so that when I update one of those pages it's on a different server and it's easier for me to find the pages I need to update and upload.
I've also found that it's easier for the visitors to the site to have non-depression parts hosted elsewhere so that they can read all the depression stuff at the same time and then read all the non-depression stuff separately and having the non-depression parts hosted somewhere else (with adverts) helps to kind of refocus the mind away from the depression. I guess you could say that I'm making use of the adverts on the free sites to help the visitors to refocus on what they are reading.
All the webpages that I have made and that I have linked to from this site are a part of this site.
I'm sorry that I need to put this next part in here... IMO people should respect this without having to be told but I guess some people just need a gentle reminder sometimes:
Nothing on this site is Public Domain. It may not be copied or re-posted *anywhere* in whole or in part without my prior written consent. Any correspondence between myself and anyone else is private and confidential and may not be reproduced in any way. Everything is copyrighted to me unless I have credited otherwise (if you see your work on this site and I haven't credited you please let me know straight away so that I can either remove your work or give you appropriate credit). If you see any part of this website (no matter how large or small) copied anywhere then please let me know straight away. If any part of this website or any correspondence between me and any other party (either in the Public or Private Domain) is reproduced anywhere without my prior consent I may consider taking legal action.
Thankfully, most of the people out there on the net respect copyright and appreciate how much time, effort and heartache I have put into this website. To those people I say thank you. I have decided to start up a new website specifically dedicated to this. For the people who take the time to email me and ask my permission to use the content of my site, they will automatically get a link back to their website on the "Wall Of Thanks".
For those people out there who couldn't give 2 hoots about copyright, I will add you to my "Wall Of Shame" - if you steal content from any of my websites and I find out about it, you can expect to see your name on there and I will be considering legal action.
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