Hello Whitney-

thank you so much again for doing this... I know mine would be very challenging. I still got a long way ahead-I never been understood & loved myself very much. I’m still struggling about myself for decades since I’m autistic /other mixed developmental delayed issues at age two. I always felt pressured, overwhelmed, and frustrated to have better followers(instead of the creepers and bots), make my art looked professional/perfect, adequate enough, and more detailed like others, and making sure it doesn’t looked like ‘kindergarten’ because I’m autistic. I never gone to art school or art college-instead, I went to community colleges twice(because I have learning problems/slow learner, not great with large crowd, etc -I got associates of art degree then, Marketing management, fashion merchandise, and technical career certificates as my Bachelor of Arts degree. After that, i don’t ever got any art career path because of rejection, loneliness, being excluded, abandoned, and also felt disconnected by my connections & inspirations because communities I went have gone huge recently like 5-6 years. I always felt jealous my siblings, and my friends -they went to university and got career and have great relationships after their degrees. My mental health problems are very challenging every year/every day, but worst was every two and a half week per month turned me into ‘Mr Hyde’. I was recently diagnosed with PMDD, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder(extreme but scary version of PMS). When my jealousy, on/off relationships, anxiety, sensitivity of rejection, deep depression, and repetitive/restricted actions gone intense, I ended up blamed autism for everything(which’s very heartbreaking).. I know I haven’t accomplished to conquer my art blocks yet- I’m 32 and still got so much stuff to do.