Josey Pickering
Bio
Autistic, non-binary, queer horror nerd with a lot to say.
Stories (253/0)
How I’m Learning to Help Myself
I was about 19 when I started to really put together that I was mentally ill and all the words thrown at me started to make sense. However, I kind of just left it at that. The things going in with me had names and now I could put a word with my actions. They kind of just became a crutch. I’m doing this because I have this or that, but there was no action. I kind of just let everything fester, and didn’t have any proper self soothing or help techniques. I was vehemently opposed to taking medication, and looking back I’m not sure I had any valid reason to be so opposed. Perhaps it was the stigma of being labeled “crazy” but I absolutely refused to get medicated or go to therapy regularly. I turned to hard drugs even at one point, struggling for years with them even. I was definitely using everything but actual help to help myself.
By Josey Pickering2 years ago in Psyche
Spirit Dice & The Spectrum
The first time I personally learned about spirit dice was in the film Insidious 2. One of the characters, Carl, used spirit dice to communicate with spirits and get answers. Insidious 2 is one of my favorite horror films, and the more I watched it, the more intrigued I became with Carl and his spirit dice.
By Josey Pickering2 years ago in Longevity
The Story of Elizabeth Short
Elizabeth Short was born to Cleo and Phoebe May Short (nee Sawyer) on July 29th 1924 in Boston Massachusetts. She was the third of five daughters, and the family was met with their first tragedy with the stock market crash of 1929. Cleo lost all of his savings and disappeared, leaving his car near the Charlestown Bridge, and everyone to assumed he had jumped in. Phoebe then became the primarily breadwinner. At fifteen, Elizabeth was deeply sick with lung issues stemming from Bronchitis and Asthma and her doctors suggested the family move to a warmer, more humid climate for her health. Elizabeth was then sent to Miami, Florida for winters until the day the family received word that Cleo was in fact alive. He had relocated to California to start over, and Elizabeth was determined to join him. In December of 1942, Elizabeth made her way to the San Fransisco Bay area of California to live with her father. However arguments between them strained their relationship further and Elizabeth moved out in January of 1943.
By Josey Pickering2 years ago in Criminal
- Top Story - April 2022