Why Did You Choose That Username And/Or That Avatar (Or No Avatar At All)?

[Britt.f7]

I changed my avatar to my real face because I need to stop feeling that I am completely hideous. Usually I veer away from pictures and can't stand to look at myself. I'm trying to change that. This is me in my new reading glasses. I can do this.

 

[Miss_Understood]

My username states how I often feel misunderstood, too often I feel that way. My avy is a picture I love, it is beautiful.

 

[blackemerald1]

Well done Britt17, not hideous at all. I am not photogenic that is my pathetic excuse lol. But really I like the pic I have more than my own face so it won. And Britt is a lovely name, I am sure it has a long history surely. Whereas my name is really boring. Not much history in my name. Parents must have been too taxed over finding the right name for my twin brother. Oh well, I was born second. lol

 

[CraftyCath]

I've changed my avatar a few times but I keep coming back to this one.

I love birds and I took this photo of a Robin at a nature reserve. He/she was eating my cereal bar so I thought he should at least pose for me! Birds have hard lives but they also have freedom - they fly and I'm just learning how.

The name is obvious - I'm Cath and I'm Crafty! Crafty as in arts and crafts - something that I am good at and enjoy, something that I can do to be a blessing to others.

 

[blackemerald1]

Hey CraftyCath you are good at photography too, that is a lovely pic of a robin. They are not easy to get to pose for you, but he took the bribe so it is only fair your Robin stood tall. I am venturing into the crafty world soon. I want to buy a sewing machine but I don't know what would be the best. I want one that I can cheat on and do lovely stitches but it has to be hardy because I need it to sew through tough fabrics. I am going to be living in a caravan soon (again) and I want to make a shade area outside. I am afraid to buy on the net because it is a lot of money and I want to grill the sales person. Anyway, well done for your pic. You should put him in a competition!

 

[CraftyCath]

Thank you so much blackemerald1!

 

[franciemarnie]

My name comes from two a nook and a movie that helped or resonated with me when I was little and feeling so alone.

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn is a book about a little girl living with an alcoholic father, and a mother who favors her son. There were no kids' books about having an alcoholic parent in the mid sixties. What relief when I read it, and what sadness.

Marnie is a movie by Hitchcock about an adult woman who feels nothing and has no relationships (except loving her horse) and who acts irrationally and impulsively and self destructively without understanding why. It turns out when she was a little girl, she
experienced horrific trauma which she blocked out all her life. I saw it in eighth grade and was haunted by the story without knowing why for years and years. But it felt somehow meaningful.

 

[Britt.f7]

I changed my avatar to a Christmas tree. I'm feeling in the holiday spirit.

 

[StarChild]

one of Kas' feathers falling into and lighting the darkness of nonexistence before she was summoned to court and exiled to live with on earth with the people she "loved so much"

Dear @Kas_Can_Fly, have you ever considered to write stories, or a book? - I love what you've written, as it produces wonderful pictures, and I can clearly see the scene, you so beautifully described. You've got a gift Kas, you really do.... Maybe it would be worth to give it a go?...

 

[LittleL]

I chose LittleL because I'm short, and I often feel too small to deal with the world when I'm depressed or anxious. It also factors into my general level of anxiety, as looking up at people all the time can remind me of my childhood and the dependence I had on people who harmed me. The L at the end is just the first letter of my name.

My avatar is me, and the hen on my shoulder is very dear to me. Her name is Ada, and she loved to jump up onto my shoulder so she could get a better look, and a peck, at my teeth.

 

[Changing4Best]

My avatar is a photo of me, as I have no qualms about sharing who I am. My name is my nick name these days, though few call me it in real life, online I use it everywhere.

 

[untiltoday]

My screenname is the title of Iyanla Vanzant's daily motivation/self-improvement book. I really enjoy how she is just a real person who is good with explaining ways to help yourself get through life. I've loved her as one of my imagined mother-figures, since the TV show 'Starting Over'. ;)

My avatar is a picture I found online, years ago, that made me remember my imaginary twin I had as a kid. And even though I am dissociative, but do not have DID, I still talk with her and think of her. My psych told me that my imagination is my best coping tool, which is true! (Apart from humor!)